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David Baltimore
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American biologist and Nobel laureate (1938–2025)
David Baltimore was an American biologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on how viruses replicate and interact with cells, research that became fundamental to understanding viral diseases and genetic processes. His discoveries and leadership in science helped shape modern molecular biology and influenced how scientists study the genetic mechanisms underlying infection and disease.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1938
- Works
- 11
Top works
- Molecular Cell Biology
- Molecular cell biology
- Molekular Zellbiologie
- Molekulare Zellbiologie
- Animal Virology V4
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Italy
- Active from
- 1938
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3
- Total plays
- 7
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Basic local alignment search tool
· 1990 · cited 80,083x
- The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 77,497x
- The moderator–mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations.
· 1986 · cited 62,975x
- Evaluating Structural Equation Models with Unobservable Variables and Measurement Error
· 1981 · cited 60,952x
- Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement
· 2009 · cited 58,011x
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Quotes
- “Two independent groups of investigators have found evidence of an enzyme in virions of RNA tumour viruses which synthesizes DNA from an RNA template. This discovery, if upheld, will have important implications not only for carcinogenesis by RNA viruses but also for the general understanding of genetic transcription: apparently the classical process of information transfer from DNA to RNA can be inverted.”
- “As long as I have been in science, which is let's say 1960 to today, just about every five years there are major changes in technology that allow you to do things that you previously either said were just too hard or there was no way to do them — or which you hadn't imagined that you could ever do.”
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1975
“for their discoveries concerning the interaction between tumour viruses and the genetic material of the cell”
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Official website
David Baltimore - Biology and Biological Engineering
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.bbe.caltech.edu/people/david-baltimore
- Image
- Dr. David Baltimore2 crop2.jpg
- Number of children
- 1
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- David Baltimore
- date of birth
- 1938-03-07
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- 5
- name in native language
- David Baltimore
- date of death
- 2025-09-06
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David Baltimore (March 7, 1938 – September 6, 2025) was an American biologist, university administrator, and 1975 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine. He was a professor of biology at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), where he served as president from 1997 to 2006. He founded the Whitehead Institute and directed it from 1982 to 1990. In 2008, he served as president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
At age 37, Baltimore won the Nobel Prize with Renato Dulbecco and Howard M. Temin "for their discoveries concerning the interaction between tumour viruses and the genetic material of the cell", specifically the discovery of the enzyme reverse transcriptase. He contributed to immunology, virology, cancer research, biotechnology, and recombinant DNA research. He also trained many doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows, several of whom have gone on to notable and distinguished research careers. In addition to the Nobel Prize, he received a number of other awards, including the U.S. National Medal of Science in 1999 and the Lasker Award in 2021.