Gajdusek
Americannoun
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In the late 1950s, American scientist Daniel Carleton Gajdusek — “grandiose, driven, a visionary”— trekked to remote villages to find and study kuru cases.
From Washington Post • Mar. 31, 2017
The novel is based on the real-life case of the virologist D. Carleton Gajdusek, who had been a friend of her uncle and father, both of whom are doctors.
From Newsweek • Mar. 19, 2015
Shteyngart co-created the adaptation with Karl Gajdusek; the two will co-write the script and be executive producers.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2015
There are so many plot holes in the script by Michael Finch and Karl Gajdusek that it’ll make just as much sense if you doze for a few minutes.
From Washington Times • Aug. 28, 2014
Ekman had tracked down a hundred thousand feet of film that had been shot by the virologist Carleton Gajdusek in the remote jungles of Papua New Guinea.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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