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David Baltimore (born March 7, 1938) is an American biologist, university administrator, and 1975 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine. He is a professor of biology at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), where he served as president from 1997 to 2006. He founded the Whitehead Institute and directed it from 1982 to 1990.
David Baltimore (born March 7, 1938, New York, New York, U.S.) is an American virologist who shared the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1975 with Howard M. Temin and Renato Dulbecco. Working independently, Baltimore and Temin discovered reverse transcriptase, an enzyme that synthesizes DNA from RNA.
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David Baltimore shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Renato Dulbecco and Howard Temin for their discoveries on tumor viruses and reverse transcriptase. Learn more about his work, affiliation, prize motivation and citation on NobelPrize.org.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1975 was awarded jointly to David Baltimore, Renato Dulbecco and Howard Martin Temin "for their discoveries concerning the interaction between tumour viruses and the genetic material of the cell"
Watch and read an interview with David Baltimore, a Nobel laureate in Medicine for his discovery of reverse transcriptase. He talks about his early interest in science, his research on animal viruses, and the impact of recombinant DNA technology.
David Baltimore, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), was awarded the 1975 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine jointly with Renato Dulbecco and Howard Temin for "their discoveries concerning the interaction of tumor viruses and the genetic material of the cell."
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Learn about David Baltimore, a renowned virologist, educator, and administrator who won the Nobel Prize at 37 and founded several biotech companies. He is also a member of the Broad Institute and the American Association for Cancer Research.
