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Peter Duesberg

1936 - Today

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Peter Heinz Hermann Duesberg (born December 2, 1936) is a German-American molecular biologist and a professor of molecular and cell biology at the University of California, Berkeley. He is known for his early research into the genetic aspects of cancer. He is a proponent of AIDS denialism, the claim that HIV does not cause AIDS. Duesberg received acclaim early in his career for research on oncogenes and cancer. With Peter K. Vogt, he reported in 1970 that a cancer-causing virus of birds had extra genetic material compared with non-cancer-causing viruses, hypothesizing that this material contributed to cancer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Duesberg is the 1,038th most popular biologist (down from 779th in 2019), the 5,632nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,758th in 2019) and the 192nd most popular German Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Peter Duesberg ranks 1,038 out of 1,097. Before him are George R. Price, Philippa Marrack, Elmer McCollum, Aristid Lindenmayer, Ethelwynn Trewavas, and E. B. Ford. After him are Lucy Shapiro, Asuman Baytop, Francis Walker, Bryan Sykes, Timothy Ray Brown, and Peter Watts.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Peter Duesberg ranks 547. Before him are Roger Miller, Andrew Davies, Rosa María Britton, John Tchicai, Adrian Smith, and Mihály Fülöp. After him are Lídia Sákovicsné Dömölky, Barbara Mikulski, Tommy Steele, Billy Higgins, Reginald Hill, and Dave Allen.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Peter Duesberg ranks 5,635 out of 7,253. Before him are Rudi Ball (1911), Manuela Schwesig (1974), Danna García (1978), Hans-Peter Friedrich (1957), Nadja Auermann (1971), and Maxi Gnauck (1964). After him are Peter Thomsen (1961), Heiko Westermann (1983), Samuel Adler (1928), Ernst Klodwig (1903), Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud (1974), and Alexander Zorniger (1967).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among biologists born in Germany, Peter Duesberg ranks 192. Before him are Johann Gottfried Zinn (1727), Ludwig Carl Christian Koch (1825), Heinrich Kuhl (1797), Max Fürbringer (1846), George Engelmann (1809), and Alexander Wendt (1958). After him are Christian Drosten (1972), and Magnus Manske (1974).

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