Tikvah Alper
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Tikvah Alper was a distinguished radiobiologist, who had trained as a physicist.
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About this person
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.
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South AfricaCategory
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1909 to 1995 · aged 86
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