Richard Finkelstein
Richard Finkelstein · Science & Medicine
Microbiologist, research on cholera toxin and pathogenesis
1930 — 2023, Columbia, Missouri, USA
United States
Richard Finkelstein is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Microbiologist, research on cholera toxin and pathogenesis
Richard Finkelstein was an American microbiologist who carried out the first purification of the cholera enterotoxin and elucidated how Vibrio cholerae causes disease, work central to understanding cholera and developing vaccines. He chaired molecular microbiology and immunology at the University of Missouri. He is listed among Jewish biomedical scientists by Jinfo.org.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
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Microbiologist, research on cholera toxin and pathogenesis
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
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