Charles Weissmann
Charles Weissmann · Science & Medicine
Molecular biologist who cloned interferon and advanced prion research.
1931, Budapest, Hungary — 2025, Switzerland
Switzerland · United Kingdom · United States
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Charles Weissmann was a Hungarian-Swiss molecular biologist who achieved the first cloning and expression of interferon, a breakthrough for biotechnology and antiviral medicine, and co-founded the company Biogen. He later made pioneering contributions to the molecular genetics of prion diseases such as scrapie and Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease. He was of Jewish descent, born in Budapest, and grew up between Zurich and Rio de Janeiro.
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Molecular biologist who cloned interferon and advanced prion research.
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