Bruce Ames
Bruce Ames · Science & Medicine
Biochemist who devised the Ames test, a widely used assay for detecting chemical mutagens and carcinogens.
1928, New York City, United States — 2024, Berkeley, California, United States
United States (University of California, Berkeley)
Bruce Ames is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Biochemist who devised the Ames test, a widely used assay for detecting chemical mutagens and carcinogens.
Ames, a biochemist at UC Berkeley, devised the Ames test in the 1970s, a simple bacterial assay that reveals whether a chemical is mutagenic and, by extension, a likely carcinogen; it became a worldwide standard for screening drugs, pesticides and industrial compounds. He later reframed debates on diet, ageing and cancer risk. Born in New York City, he was the son of Jewish parents — his father descended from German-speaking Jews and his mother from Russian-speaking Jews of Eastern Europe.
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Biochemist who devised the Ames test, a widely used assay for detecting chemical mutagens and carcinogens.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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