Mortimer Elkind
Mortimer Elkind · Science & Medicine
Radiation biologist of cellular repair; Fermi Award (1996)
1922, Brooklyn, New York, United States
United States
Mortimer Elkind is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Radiation biologist of cellular repair; Fermi Award (1996)
Mortimer Elkind was an American radiation biologist at Colorado State University who discovered that cells repair sublethal radiation damage over time — a process known as 'Elkind repair' — providing the scientific basis for fractionated radiation therapy of cancer. He shared the 1996 Enrico Fermi Award, and is documented as Jewish in Jinfo's directory of Jewish Fermi Award recipients.
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Radiation biologist of cellular repair; Fermi Award (1996)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Enrico Fermi Award
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