Sol Spiegelman
Sol Spiegelman · Science & Medicine
Molecular biologist who developed nucleic acid hybridization, a foundational technique in genetics.
1914, New York City, USA — 1983, New York City, USA
United States (Illinois · New York — Columbia)
Sol Spiegelman is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Molecular biologist who developed nucleic acid hybridization, a foundational technique in genetics.
Born in New York to Jewish immigrants from Russia, Spiegelman developed nucleic-acid hybridization, the technique of detecting complementary DNA and RNA sequences that became fundamental to molecular genetics and diagnostics. He also created some of the first test-tube evolution experiments, work that shaped molecular biology.
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Molecular biologist who developed nucleic acid hybridization, a foundational technique in genetics.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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