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Charles Weissmann

Swiss biologist

  • Fame42.4
  • Momentum1.1
  • Wikipedia556
Source-basedStable
Lived 1931–2025, aged 94Switzerland
Switzerland flagSwitzerlandAcademicsAcademic
  • Wikipedia
    6 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1931–2025
    Aged 94
  • Awards
    21
    recognised works
Summary
Updated 2026-06-20

Charles Weissmann was a Hungarian-Swiss molecular biologist. Weissmann is particularly known for the first cloning and expression of interferon and his contributions to the unraveling of the molecular genetics of neurogenerative prion diseases such as scrapie, Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease, and "mad cow disease".

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Category
Academics
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Switzerland
Last updated
2026-06-20
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  • Charles Weissmann
    wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
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    wikipedia · de.wikipedia.org
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Category
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Status
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Born
October 14, 1931
Died
December 11, 2025
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