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Stanley B. Prusiner

American neurologist and biochemist · born May 28, 1942

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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).

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  1. ~52Received the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research1994
  2. ~53Received the Wolf Prize in Medicine1995
  3. ~55Received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1997
  4. ~55Received the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize1997
  5. ~56Received the Benjamin Franklin Medal1998
  6. ~67Received the National Medal of Science2009

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