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Stanley B. Prusiner

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Stanley Ben Prusiner (born May 28, 1942) is an American neurologist and biochemist. He is the director of the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Prusiner discovered prions, a class of infectious self-reproducing pathogens primarily or solely composed of protein, a scientific theory considered by many as a heretical idea when first proposed. He received the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1994 and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1997 for research on prion diseases developed by him and his team of experts (D. E. Garfin, D. P. Stites, W. J. Hadlow, C. M. Eklund) beginning in the early 1970s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stanley B. Prusiner is the 110th most popular biologist (down from 86th in 2019), the 988th most popular biography from United States (down from 841st in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Biologist. Learn more about Stanley B. Prusiner's academic impact at Rankless.

Stanley B. Prusiner is most famous for his discovery of prions. Prions are a type of protein that can be found in the brain, spinal cord, and other parts of the nervous system. They are not alive, but they can cause disease.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Stanley B. Prusiner ranks 110 out of 1,097. Before him are Georges J. F. Köhler, Philip Miller, Jean-Henri Fabre, Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, and Christiaan Hendrik Persoon. After him are Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim, Svante Pääbo, Hermann Joseph Muller, Vladimir Vernadsky, William John Swainson, and Elias Magnus Fries.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Stanley B. Prusiner ranks 64. Before him are Bob Hoskins, John Irving, Margaret Court, Thabo Mbeki, Walter Hill, and Michael Bloomberg. After him are Manuel Castells, Giacomo Agostini, Jacob Zuma, Sandro Mazzola, Arto Paasilinna, and Neil Kinnock.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stanley B. Prusiner ranks 988 out of 20,380. Before him are DMX (1970), Theodore Schultz (1902), Ruth Handler (1916), Sinclair Lewis (1885), Chet Baker (1929), and Renée Zellweger (1969). After him are Russell Alan Hulse (1950), Woody Guthrie (1912), Benny Goodman (1909), Talia Shire (1946), Burt Reynolds (1936), and Jules Dassin (1911).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Stanley B. Prusiner ranks 13. Before him are Rachel Carson (1907), Irwin Rose (1926), Linda B. Buck (1947), Dian Fossey (1932), Clair Cameron Patterson (1922), and Alfred Hershey (1908). After him are Hermann Joseph Muller (1890), John B. Calhoun (1917), Sylvia Earle (1935), John Hopfield (1933), Robert Whittaker (1920), and Hamilton O. Smith (1931).

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