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Max Delbrück

Nobel Prize laureate in Medicine 1969
Max Delbrück — Nobel Prize
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Medicine 1969
Born : 1906-09-04 — Berlin, Germany
Died : 1981-03-09
“for their discoveries concerning the replication mechanism and the genetic structure of viruses”
Medicine · 1969
Max Delbrück, born on September 4, 1906, in Berlin, Germany, was a renowned biologist and physicist known for his fundamental contributions to molecular biology. He passed away on March 9, 1981. In 1969, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his discoveries concerning the replication mechanism and the genetic structure of viruses. His work had a significant impact on the understanding of viruses and paved the way for numerous research endeavors in genetics.

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Who is Max Delbrück?
Max Delbrück, born on September 4, 1906, in Berlin, Germany, was a renowned biologist and physicist known for his fundamental contributions to molecular biology. He passed away on March 9, 1981. In 1969, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his discoveries concerning the replication mechanism and the genetic structure of viruses. His work had a significant impact on the understanding of viruses and paved the way for numerous research endeavors in genetics.
In what year did Max Delbrück win the Nobel Prize?
1969 — Medicine
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