D. Carleton Gajdusek

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gptkb:University_of_Rochester
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Lasker_Award
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkbp:birthDate 1923-09-09
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Yonkers,_New_York,_USA
gptkbp:causeOfDeath heart attack
gptkbp:controversy convicted of child molestation
gptkbp:deathDate 2008-12-12
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Tromsø,_Norway
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:John_Enders
gptkbp:emigratedTo gptkb:France
gptkb:Norway
gptkbp:ethnicity Slovak descent
gptkbp:field gptkb:medicine
neurology
virology
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Daniel_Carleton_Gajdusek
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label D. Carleton Gajdusek
gptkbp:knownFor prion diseases
research on kuru
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:nobelFor discoveries concerning new mechanisms for the origin and dissemination of infectious diseases
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear 1976
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Stanley_Prusiner
gptkbp:notableWork studies on transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
research on Fore people of Papua New Guinea
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:physician
gptkb:researchers
biologist
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Annette_Gajdusek
gptkb:Otto_Gajdusek
gptkbp:releaseYear 2008
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Norway
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:sentence gptkb:prison
gptkbp:workInstitution gptkb:National_Institutes_of_Health
gptkb:Walter_and_Eliza_Hall_Institute_of_Medical_Research
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Baruch_S._Blumberg
gptkb:Baruch_Samuel_Blumberg
gptkb:Kuru
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