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Stanley B. Prusiner

American neurologist and biochemist

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Stanley Ben Prusiner is an American neurologist and biochemist. He is the founding director of the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases (IND) at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Prusiner discovered prions, a class of infectious self-reproducing pathogens primarily or solely composed of protein, a scientific theory considered by many as a heretical idea when first proposed. He received the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1994 and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1997 for research on prion diseases developed by him and his team of experts beginning in the early 1970s.

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Born
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Place of birth
Des Moines wd
Citizenship
United States wd
Occupation
physician, virologist, biochemist, university teacher, neurologist wd
Education
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, University of California, San Francisco, Walnut Hills High School wd

Awards wd

  • Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1994)
  • Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1997)
  • Wolf Prize in Medicine (1995)
  • Canada Gairdner International Award (1993)
  • Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize (1995)
  • National Medal of Science (2009)
  • Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (1997)
  • Dickson Prize in Medicine (1993)
  • Keio Medical Science Prize (1996)
  • Potamkin Prize (1991)
  • Humboldt Research Fellowship
  • Max Planck Research Award (1992)
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb Award for Distinguished Achievement in Neuroscience Research (1994)
  • Grand Prix Charles-Leopold Mayer (1996)
  • Richard Lounsbery Award (1993)

Questions

When was Stanley B. Prusiner born?
Stanley B. Prusiner was born on 28 May 1942 in Des Moines.
Where did Stanley B. Prusiner study?
Stanley B. Prusiner was educated at Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, University of California, San Francisco, Walnut Hills High School.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Stanley B. Prusiner · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q155380 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Stanley B. Prusiner in 2024 (3x4 close cropped).jpg by Christopher Michel (CC BY 4.0)

Last updated · facts checked 10 November 2026

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