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Stanley Ben Prusiner (born May 28, 1942) is an American neurologist and biochemist. He is the director of the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1997 was awarded to Stanley B. Prusiner "for his discovery of Prions - a new biological principle of infection"
Stanley B. Prusiner is Director of the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases and Professor of Neurology and Biochemistry at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). He received his B.A. in Chemistry in 1964 and his M.D. in 1968 from the University of Pennsylvania.
May 24, 2024 · Stanley B. Prusiner (born May 28, 1942, Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.) is an American biochemist and neurologist whose discovery in 1982 of disease-causing proteins called prions won him the 1997 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.
Jun 3, 2018 · Stanley B. Prusiner, MD, is a professor of neurology and biochemistry and director of the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases at UCSF. While at the university, Dr. Prusiner discovered an unprecedented class of pathogens that he named prions.
Stanley B. Prusiner. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1997. Born: 28 May 1942, Des Moines, IA, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA. Prize motivation: “for his discovery of Prions - a new biological principle of infection” Prize share: 1/1. Life.
Prusiner first discovered in 1982 that certain proteins can cause widespread destruction of brain tissue, eventually resulting in death. He dubbed them proteinaceous infectious particles, or "prions."
Stanley B. Prusiner, Institute of Neurodegenerative Diseases at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), received the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of "prions," adding a new class of infectious agents to the known list of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites.
Stanley B. Prusiner, MD, is a professor of neurology and biochemistry and director of the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases at UCSF. While at the university, Dr. Prusiner discovered an unprecedented class of pathogens that he named prions.
Oct 6, 1997 · Stanley B. Prusiner, MD, 55, today was named to receive the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering and characterizing an entirely new class of proteins, called prions, which cause several rare and fatal neurodegenerative diseases.
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