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Drew Weissman

Inventor · born September 7, 1959

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Drew Weissman is a Nobel Prize winning American physician and immunologist known for his contributions to RNA biology.

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Milestones, by age

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  1. ~62Received the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize2021
  2. ~64Received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine2023

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