Jon Wolff
Jon Wolff · Science & Medicine
Gene-therapy researcher, pioneer of naked-DNA gene transfer
1956, Bayside, Queens, New York, USA — 2020, Denver, Colorado, USA
United States
Jon Wolff is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Gene-therapy researcher, pioneer of naked-DNA gene transfer
Jon A. Wolff was an American physician-scientist and gene-therapy pioneer who, with colleagues at the University of Wisconsin, discovered that injecting 'naked' DNA (and later RNA) directly into muscle could make cells produce proteins — a landmark 1990 Science paper later credited as an early step toward mRNA vaccines. His work advanced gene delivery for muscle, liver and brain disorders. His Jewish heritage is documented in surveys of Jews in the biomedical sciences.
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Gene-therapy researcher, pioneer of naked-DNA gene transfer
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
