Charles Weissmann

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Swiss biologist

Switzerland AcademicsLived 1931 to 2025 · aged 94

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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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2014Ernst Jung Gold Medal for Medicine

2003Warren Alpert Foundation Prize

1998Mendel Medal

1997Wilhelm Exner Medal

1997Max Delbrück Medal

1997August Wilhelm von Hofmann Medal

1995Robert Koch Gold Medal

1994Honorary doctors of Ghent University

1993Gabor Medal

1988Ernst Jung Prize for Medicine

1983Foreign Member of the Royal Society

1982Scheele Award

1982Dr H.P. Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics

1980Otto Warburg Medal

1974Sir Hans Krebs Medal

1970Marcel Benoist Prize

Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order

honorary doctor of the University of St Andrews

honorary doctor of the University of Zurich

honorary doctor of ETH Zürich

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Gustav Victor Rudolf BornAlso won Ernst Jung Gold Medal for Medicine

Tom RapoportAlso won Max Delbrück Medal

Donald D. ChamberlinAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Zurich Azim SuraniAlso won Gabor Medal

Ivan ĐikićAlso won Ernst Jung Prize for Medicine

Koji NakanishiAlso won Scheele Award

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