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Charles Weissmann

Laureate 1970: Charles Weissmann

“The prize was awarded for his significant work on the molecular mechanism of virus replication and his contribution to our understanding of infection.”

W.s gewürdigte Forschungen betrafen in erster Linie die RNS-Phagen. Das Gutachten hob seine Beiträge zum Replikationsmechanismus der Ribonukleinsäure, zur Nucleotid-Sequenz sowie zu Struktur und Funktionsweise des Replicase-Enzyms hervor. Weil diese Gruppe der Bakteriophagen zahlreiche Viren umfasst, die Menschen infizieren (z.B. Hepatitisvirus B, Poliomyelitisvirus), habe W. damit gleichzeitig wesentliche Impulse zur Entwicklung von verbesserten prophylaktischen und therapeutischen Mitteln gegen verbreitete Viruskrankheiten gegeben.

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Marcel Benoist Foundation
State Secretariat for Education,
Research and Innovation SERI
Einsteinstrasse 2
CH – 3003 Bern

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