Renato Dulbecco

Renato Dulbecco broke new ground in the study of <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="HEDAI0000071" title="Viral Diseases and Infections" href="/topic/health/diseases-illnesses/viral-diseases-infections-HEDAI0000071.topic">viruses</a> and <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="HEDAI0000010" title="Cancer" href="/topic/health/diseases-illnesses/cancer-HEDAI0000010.topic">cancer</a> at Caltech and later was a founding member of the Salk Institute in La Jolla. He won the 1975 <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="8006070" title="Nobel Prize Awards" href="/topic/arts-culture/nobel-prize-awards-8006070.topic">Nobel Prize</a> in medicine. He was 97. <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-renato-dulbecco-20120221,0,2130555.story"><span class="center_label">Full obituary</span></a><br> <br> <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-2011notables-gallery,0,155600.photogallery"><span class="center_label">Notable deaths of 2011</span></a>

( Salk Institute for Biological Studies )

Renato Dulbecco broke new ground in the study of viruses and cancer at Caltech and later was a founding member of the Salk Institute in La Jolla. He won the 1975 Nobel Prize in medicine. He was 97. Full obituary

Notable deaths of 2011

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