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The Nobel Laureates
Over the years, several scientists connected with the March of Dimes have won the Nobel Prize. Among them are:
1954
Dr. Linus Pauling: discovered relationship between molecular structure newborn screening and human diseases.
Dr. John F. Enders, Dr. Thomas Weller and Dr. Frederick Robbins: developed tissue culture method for growing polio virus.
1962
Dr. James D. Watson: identified double helix structure of DNA.
1969
Dr. Max Delbruck: showed how genes direct normal development and mutations cause abnormal development.
1976
Dr. D. Carleton Gajdusek: discovered role of unconventional infectious agents in certain rare degenerative brain disorders.
1985
Dr. Joseph L. Goldstein: identified cellular cause of familial hypercholesterolemia, a genetic disorder causing very high cholesterol in the blood.
1995
Dr. Edward B. Lewis and Dr. Eric F. Wieschaus: identified master genes that control early structural development of the body.
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