Joshua Lederberg was an American molecular biologist known for his work in microbial genetics, artificial intelligence, and the United States space program. He won the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, shared with Edward Tatum and George Beadle, for discovering that bacteria can mate and exchange genes through bacterial conjugation, work conducted alongside his wife Esther, who went uncredited for her contributions.
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He was 33 years old when he won the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering that bacteria can mate and exchange genes (bacterial conjugation); work that was conducted alongside his wife Esther, who was uncredited for her contributions.
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May 23, 1925
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February 2, 2008
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Joshua Lederberg (May 23, 1925, February 2, 2008) was an American molecular biologist known for his work in microbial genetics, artificial intelligence, and the United States space program.
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Joshua Lederberg (May 23, 1925, February 2, 2008) was an American molecular biologist known for his work in microbial genetics, artificial intelligence, and the United States space program.
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Also in 1957, he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Sir Gustav Nossal views Lederberg as
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