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Salvador Luria (born Aug. 13, 1912, Turin, Italy—died Feb. 6, 1991, Lexington, Mass., U.S.) was an Italian-born American biologist who, along with Max Delbrück and Alfred Day Hershey, won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1969 for research on bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria. Luria graduated from the University of ...
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Luria won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1969, with Max Delbrück and Alfred Hershey, for their discoveries on the replication mechanism and the genetic structure of viruses. Later work. In 1959, he became chair of Microbiology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
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Nobel Prize in Science. Salvador E. Luria was awarded the 1969 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with Max Delbrück and Alfred Hershey (AAI '42) for "their discoveries concerning the replication mechanism and the genetic structure of viruses." Luria was recognized for his work with Delbrück elucidating the nature of genetic ...
Luria shared the 1969 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Max Delbrück and Alfred Hershey, for their "discoveries concerning the replication mechanism and the genetic structure of viruses." In 1972 he was asked to set up and direct a new center for cancer research at MIT, as a direct extension of the well-established molecular and ...
Nov 18, 2022 · Salvador Luria was a highly influential, Nobel Prize-winning scientist who made an important mark on cancer research at MIT. A recent event at the Koch Institute celebrated his impact and launched a new biography of his life and achievements from author Rena Selya and the MIT Press.
Feb 7, 1991 · Salvador E. Luria, a biologist and physician who shared a 1969 Nobel Prize for his pioneering work in medicine and physiology, died yesterday at his home in Lexington, Mass. He was 78 years...
