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American biologists have contributed some of biology's greatest findings. With the increasing importance of genetics, conservation and microbiology, American biologists may yet discover some of nature's most amazing secrets.
Featured Article: Liberty Hyde Bailey
Bailey, Liberty Hyde (1858–1954), a United States botanist and horticulturist. He pioneered in establishing college extension courses for farmers and wrote authoritative works on horticulture. See more »
Gerald Maurice Edelman
Edelman, Gerald Maurice (1929-) is an American physiologist. He shared the 1972 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine with British physiologist Rodney Robert Porter for their discovery of the basic chemical structure of antibodies.
See more »Gertrude Belle Elion
Elion, Gertrude Belle (1918-1999) was an American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine in 1988 for the development of the antiviral drug acyclovir for the treatment of cancer.
See more »Gunther Siegmund Stent
Stent, Gunther Siegmund (1924-) is a leading German-born American molecular biologist.
See more »Haldan Keffer Hartline
Hartline, Haldan Keffer (1903-1983) was an American physiologist. He shared the 1967 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for his work on the neuro-physiology of vision.
See more »Hamilton Othanel Smith
Smith, Hamilton Othanel (1931-) is an American microbiologist who made breakthrough discoveries related to enzymes, the molecules that speed up the chemical reactions in all living things.
See more »Harold Eliot Varmus
Varmus, Harold Eliot (1939-) is an American physician and cancer researcher who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine with his colleague J.
See more »Herbert Spencer Gasser
Gasser, Herbert Spencer (1888-1963), an American physiologist, carried out research that helped identify the functions of different fibers in the same nerve.
See more »Hermann Joseph Muller
Muller, Hermann Joseph (1890–1967), a United States geneticist. Experimenting with fruit flies, Muller found that mutations (changes in the structure of the genes) can be produced by X rays.
See more »Hewson Hoyt Swift
Swift, Hewson Hoyt (1920-2004) was an American microbiologist. His research on cell biology and genetics contributed to the understanding of the structure of chromosomes and the function of DNA.
See more »Howard Martin Temin
Temin, Howard Martin (1934-1994) was an American molecular biologist and virologist who discovered that genetic information in ribonucleic acid (RNA) can be copied into deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA).
See more »J. Craig Venter
J. Craig Venter, an American biochemist and businessman, is a pioneer in research on the human genome, the genetic instructions that control heredity in humans.
See more »J. Michael Bishop
Bishop, J. Michael (1936-), an American cancer researcher, investigated oncogenes, or tumor-producing genes, turning over previously held theories about how cancer develops.
See more »Jack Horner
Horner, Jack (1946-) is an American paleontologist who made many discoveries of dinosaur fossils.
See more »Jacques Loeb
Loeb, Jacques (1859–1924), a German-American experimental biologist and physiologist.
See more »James Batcheller Sumner
Sumner, James Batcheller (1887–1955), a United States biochemist. He shared the Nobel Prize in chemistry for 1946.
See more »James Dewey Watson
Watson, James Dewey (1928-), an American molecular biologist, helped determine the molecular structure of deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, the carrier of genetic material in living organisms.
See more »Janet Rowley
Rowley, Janet (1925-) is an American geneticist, a scientist who investigates the structure, function, and transmission of genes.
See more »Jesse William Lazear
Lazear, Jesse William (1866-1900), was an American physician and bacteriologist who, as part of a commission on yellow fever, made one of the most significant discoveries in tropical medicine—that the disease was transmitted by the mosquito, of the species now known as Aedes aegypti.
See more »Jewel Isadora Plummer Cobb
Cobb, Jewel Isadora Plummer (1924-) is an American biologist known both for her research in cell biology and for promoting science education among minorities and women.
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