# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-c-campbell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:14:18.215Z

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name: "William C. Campbell"
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description: "William Cecil Campbell is an Irish and American microbiologist known for his work in discovering a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworms, for which he was jointly awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He helped to discover a class of drugs called avermectins, whose derivatives have been shown to have \"extraordinary efficacy\" in treating River blindness and Lymphatic filariasis, among other parasitic diseases affecting animals and humans. Campbell worked at the Merck Institute for Therapeutic Research 1957–1990, and has become a research fellow emeritus at Drew University."
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birthDate: "1930-06-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump