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J. Michael Bishop

Scientist · born February 22, 1936 · died 2026

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John Michael Bishop was an American immunologist and microbiologist who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Harold E. Varmus.

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  1. ~46Received the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research1982
  2. ~53Received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1989
  3. ~67Received the National Medal of Science2003

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