“for their discoveries concerning new mechanisms for the origin and dissemination of infectious diseases”
D. Carleton Gajdusek was an American physician and medical researcher. He received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1976 for discoveries concerning new mechanisms for the origin and dissemination of infectious diseases. He is known for his research on kuru.
- Field
- Medicine · Infectious Diseases
- Lifespan
- 1923–2008