# Tikvah Alper

> Tikvah Alper was a distinguished radiobiologist, who had trained as a physicist. Among many other initiatives and discoveries, she was among the first to find evidence indicating that the infectious agent in scrapie does not contain nucleic acid: a finding that was instrumental in understanding the development of the prion theory. She was director of the MRC Experimental Radiopathology Unit, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK, 1962–1974.

*Radiobiologist*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** South Africa
- **Born:** 1909-01-22
- **Died:** 1995-02-02
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

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## Fame
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## Sources
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- [تیکوا آلپر](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%A7_%D8%A2%D9%84%D9%BE%D8%B1)
- [Tikvah Alper](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tikvah_Alper)
- [תקווה אלפר](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%AA%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%95%D7%94_%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%A4%D7%A8)
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- [Тиква Алпер](https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16002653)

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