Arnold Levine
Arnold Levine · Science & Medicine
Molecular biologist who discovered the p53 tumor-suppressor protein, central to cancer biology.
1939, Brooklyn, New York, USA
United States (Princeton · New York)
Arnold Levine is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Molecular biologist who discovered the p53 tumor-suppressor protein, central to cancer biology.
Levine co-discovered the p53 tumor-suppressor protein in 1979, later recognized as the most commonly mutated gene in human cancer and a master regulator of the cell. Born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, he led institutions including Rockefeller University and the Institute for Advanced Study. His discovery is central to modern cancer biology.
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Molecular biologist who discovered the p53 tumor-suppressor protein, central to cancer biology.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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