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Joshua Lederberg
Joshua Lederberg (English: Joshua Lederberg, May 23, 1925 - February 2, 2008), an American molecular biologist whose main research interests are genetics, artificial intelligence and space exploration. He won the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of bacterial genetic material and gene recombination phenomena. The other half of the award was awarded to George Wells Biddle and Edward Laurie Tatum.
- Category
- Scientists
- Nationality
- United States
- Born
- 1925-05-23
- Died
- 2008-02-02
- Wikidata
- Q218823