Prusiner

Scientific  

/ pro̅o̅′sĭ-nər /

1. American biochemist who received the 1997 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine for his discovery of prions.

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Example Sentences

Ever since neurologist Stanley Prusiner of the University of California, San Francisco identified infectious prions as a cause of neurodegenerative disease in 1982, the quest for treatments has come up short.

From Science Magazine

As a medical resident at UCSF, she contributed to Nobel laureate Stanley Prusiner’s pioneering work on prions—infectious proteins that cause rare neurological disorders.

From Science Magazine

This, at least, is the prion hypothesis as promulgated by biologist Stanley Prusiner, who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1997 for the idea.

From Scientific American

Dr. Stanley Prusiner, at the University of California, San Francisco, coined the term prion and won the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for research on the diseases.

From New York Times

Dr. Stanley Prusiner, at the University of California, San Francisco, coined the term prion and won the 1997 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for research on the diseases.

From Seattle Times