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instanceOf
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Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine
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cancer researcher
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human
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immunologist
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microbiologist
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awardReceived
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Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
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Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize
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National Medal of Science
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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countryOfCitizenship
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United States of America
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dateOfBirth
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1936-02-22
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educatedAt
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Gettysburg College
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Harvard Medical School
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employer
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University of California, San Francisco
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familyName
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Bishop
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fieldOfWork
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cancer biology
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immunology
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microbiology
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oncology
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virology
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givenName
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John
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hasAcademicTitle
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professor
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hasDoctoralDegreeFrom
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Harvard University
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hasWrittenWork
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How to Win the Nobel Prize: An Unexpected Life in Science
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influencedDiscipline
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cancer genetics
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molecular oncology
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knownFor
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discovering the cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes
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work on oncogenes and cancer development
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languageOfWorkOrName
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English
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memberOf
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American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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name
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J. Michael Bishop
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nobelPrizeCategory
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Physiology or Medicine
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nobelPrizeMotivation
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for the discovery of the cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes
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nobelPrizeYear
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1989
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occupation
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immunologist
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microbiologist
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university teacher
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placeOfBirth
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York, Pennsylvania, United States
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positionHeld
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Chancellor of the University of California, San Francisco
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researchContribution
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demonstrated that oncogenes are derived from normal cellular genes (proto-oncogenes)
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showed that retroviruses can activate cellular proto-oncogenes to cause cancer
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sexOrGender
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male
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sharesNobelPrizeWith
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Harold E. Varmus
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workInstitution
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University of California, San Francisco
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