Alick Isaacs
Alick Isaacs · Science & Medicine
Virologist who co-discovered interferon, the body's antiviral defense protein.
1921, Glasgow, Scotland — 1967, London, England
Scotland · England
Alick Isaacs is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Virologist who co-discovered interferon, the body's antiviral defense protein.
Alick Isaacs was a Scottish virologist who, with Jean Lindenmann in 1957, discovered interferon — the class of signaling proteins the body produces as an antiviral defense, now central to virology and medicine. Born to a Jewish family in Glasgow descended from Lithuanian immigrants, he died young at 45. His Jewish identity is documented.
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Virologist who co-discovered interferon, the body's antiviral defense protein.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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