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Saul Silverstein

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Saul Silverstein · Science & Medicine

What

Virologist and molecular biologist, research on herpesvirus gene expression

When

1943

Where

United States

Biography

Saul Silverstein is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Virologist and molecular biologist, research on herpesvirus gene expression

How & why

Saul J. Silverstein is an American virologist and molecular biologist, emeritus professor at Columbia University, known for research on herpesvirus and varicella-zoster virus gene expression and latency. With colleagues he helped develop DNA co-transformation, a technique used to produce important biologic drugs. Silverstein is documented among Jewish biomedical scientists.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science

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Virologist and molecular biologist, research on herpesvirus gene expression

1943

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science