Daniel Carleton Gajdusek Age, Birthday, Zodiac Sign and Birth Chart

Daniel Carleton Gajdusek was an American physician and researcher, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1976 alongside Baruch Blumberg for their studies on a transmissible agent later identified as the cause of the Kuru disease. He faced accusations of child sexual abuse in 1996 and was convicted, serving 12 months in prison before going into self-imposed exile in Europe, where he died a decade later. His papers are preserved at the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland, and at the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Meaning of the name - Daniel

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September 9, 1923 Facts

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Daniel Carleton Gajdusek belongs to the GI Generation group.

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Place of Birth: Yonkers

Place of Death: Tromsø Municipality

Educated At: University of Rochester | Harvard Medical School

Occupation: virologist | anthropologist | biologist | physician

Awards Received: Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science | Bengt Winblad Lifetime Achievement Award in Alzheimer’s Disease Research | honorary doctorate of the University of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria | Huxley Memorial Medal | Silliman Memorial Lectures | E. Mead Johnson Award | honorary doctorate | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

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