J. Michael Bishop Biography

J. Michael Bishop biography

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NAME: J. Michael Bishop
OCCUPATION: Scholar, Biologist, Immunologist, Academic Author
BIRTH DATE: February 22, 1936 (Age: 77)
EDUCATION: Gettysburg College, Harvard University
PLACE OF BIRTH: York, Pennsylvania
Nickname: J. Michael Bishop
Full Name: John Michael Bishop
ZODIAC SIGN: Pisces

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J. Michael Bishop is a Nobel Prize winning physician and scholar who made groundbreaking discoveries in cancer research.

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J. Michael Bishop, born on February 22, 1936, in York, Pennsylvania, went on to work as a virologist and professor before conducting groundbreaking research in the origins of cancer. He worked with Harold Vamus to form a theory about the presence of oncogenes and their potential activation. The two won the 1989 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.