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Renato Dulbecco

Italian-born American virologist (1914-2012)

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Renato Dulbecco was an Italian–American virologist who won the 1975 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on oncoviruses, which are viruses that can cause cancer when they infect animal cells. He studied at the University of Turin under Giuseppe Levi, along with fellow students Salvador Luria and Rita Levi-Montalcini, who also moved to the U.S. with him and won Nobel prizes. He was drafted into the Italian army in World War II, but later joined the resistance.

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Born
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Place of birth
Catanzaro wd
Died
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Place of death
La Jolla wd
Citizenship
Italy, United States wd
Occupation
virologist, physician, biologist wd
Education
University of Turin wd

Awards wd

  • Guggenheim Fellowship (1957)
  • Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1964)
  • Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1975)
  • Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1981)
  • Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1991)
  • Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology (1974)
  • Marjory Stephenson Prize (1973)
  • Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize (1967)
  • Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (1973)
  • Howard Taylor Ricketts Prize (1965)
  • John Scott Award (1958)
  • Leeuwenhoek Lecture (1974)
  • honorary doctorate of the University of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria (1996)
  • Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1974)
  • honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (1978)

Questions

When was Renato Dulbecco born?
Renato Dulbecco was born on 22 February 1914 in Catanzaro.
Where did Renato Dulbecco study?
Renato Dulbecco was educated at University of Turin.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Renato Dulbecco · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q109553 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Renato Dulbecco crop.jpg by Renato_Dulbecco.jpg : Unknown, gift Dr. Dulbecco derivative work: Materialscientist ( talk ) (Public domain)

Last updated · facts checked 4 November 2026

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