# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peter-duesberg
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:50:29.733Z

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name: "Peter Duesberg"
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description: "Peter Heinz Hermann Duesberg was a German-American molecular biologist and a professor of molecular and cell biology at the University of California, Berkeley. He is known for his early research into the genetic aspects of cancer. He was a proponent of AIDS denialism, the claim that HIV does not cause AIDS."
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birthDate: "1936-12-02"
deathDate: "2026-01-13"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump