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Sidney Pestka

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Sidney Pestka (May 29, 1936 – December 22, 2016) was an American biochemist and geneticist who is Emeritus Professor of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School of Rutgers University. [1]

45 relations: Amgen, Bayer, Biochemist, Biogen, Cancer, Drobin, Genetic code, Genetics, George W. Bush, Harvard University, Hepatitis, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, High-performance liquid chromatography, Hoffmann-La Roche, Interferon, Interferon type I, Lemelson–MIT Prize, Marshall Warren Nirenberg, Melanoma, Messenger RNA, Methods in Enzymology, Multiple sclerosis, National Cancer Institute, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Medal of Technology and Innovation, New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nutley, New Jersey, Płock County, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Piscataway, New Jersey, Poland, Princeton University, Protein biosynthesis, Ribosomal RNA, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Roche Institute of Molecular Biology, Rutgers University, Schering-Plough, Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology, Seymour Milstein, United States, University of Pennsylvania, White House.

Amgen

Amgen Inc. (formerly Applied Molecular Genetics Inc.) is an American multinational biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Thousand Oaks, California.

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Bayer

Bayer AG is a German multinational, pharmaceutical and life sciences company.

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Biochemist

Biochemists are scientists that are trained in biochemistry.

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Biogen

Biogen, Inc. (previously known as Biogen Idec) is an American multinational biotechnology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, specializing in the discovery, development, and delivery of therapies for the treatment of neurodegenerative, hematologic, and autoimmune diseases to patients worldwide.

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Cancer

Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body.

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Drobin

Drobin (1940-45 Reichenfeld) is a town in Płock County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,016 inhabitants (2004).

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Genetic code

The genetic code is the set of rules used by living cells to translate information encoded within genetic material (DNA or mRNA sequences) into proteins.

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Genetics

Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in living organisms.

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George W. Bush

George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Hepatitis

Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver tissue.

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Hepatitis B

Hepatitis B is an infectious disease caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV) that affects the liver.

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Hepatitis C

Hepatitis C is an infectious disease caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) that primarily affects the liver.

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High-performance liquid chromatography

High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC; formerly referred to as high-pressure liquid chromatography), is a technique in analytical chemistry used to separate, identify, and quantify each component in a mixture.

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Hoffmann-La Roche

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Interferon

Interferons (IFNs) are a group of signaling proteins made and released by host cells in response to the presence of several pathogens, such as viruses, bacteria, parasites, and also tumor cells.

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Interferon type I

Human type I interferons (IFNs) are a large subgroup of interferon proteins that help regulate the activity of the immune system.

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Lemelson–MIT Prize

The Lemelson-MIT Program awards several prizes yearly to inventors in the United States.

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Marshall Warren Nirenberg

Marshall Warren Nirenberg (April 10, 1927 – January 15, 2010) was a Jewish American biochemist and geneticist.

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Melanoma

Melanoma, also known as malignant melanoma, is a type of cancer that develops from the pigment-containing cells known as melanocytes.

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Messenger RNA

Messenger RNA (mRNA) is a large family of RNA molecules that convey genetic information from DNA to the ribosome, where they specify the amino acid sequence of the protein products of gene expression.

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Methods in Enzymology

Methods in Enzymology is a series of scientific publications focused primarily on research methods in biochemistry by Academic Press, created by Sidney P. Colowick and Nathan O. Kaplan, now part of Elsevier.

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Multiple sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a demyelinating disease in which the insulating covers of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord are damaged.

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National Cancer Institute

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is one of eleven agencies that are part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) is the third largest Institute of the National Institutes of Health, located in Bethesda, Maryland, United States.

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National Medal of Technology and Innovation

The National Medal of Technology and Innovation (formerly the National Medal of Technology) is an honor granted by the President of the United States to American inventors and innovators who have made significant contributions to the development of new and important technology.

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New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame

The New Jersey Inventor's Hall of Fame was established in 1987 to honor individuals and corporations in New Jersey for their inventions.

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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin), administered by the Nobel Foundation, is awarded once a year for outstanding discoveries in the fields of life sciences and medicine.

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Nutley, New Jersey

Nutley is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States.

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Płock County

Płock County (powiat płocki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland.

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Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

The Perelman School of Medicine, commonly known as Penn Med, is the medical school of the University of Pennsylvania.

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Piscataway, New Jersey

Piscataway is a township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States.

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Poland

Poland (Polska), officially the Republic of Poland (Rzeczpospolita Polska), is a country located in Central Europe.

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Princeton University

Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey.

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Protein biosynthesis

Protein synthesis is the process whereby biological cells generate new proteins; it is balanced by the loss of cellular proteins via degradation or export.

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Ribosomal RNA

Ribosomal ribonucleic acid (rRNA) is the RNA component of the ribosome, and is essential for protein synthesis in all living organisms.

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Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School is one of two graduate medical schools of Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, part of Rutgers University.

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Roche Institute of Molecular Biology

The Roche Institute of Molecular Biology was created on July 14, 1967 when John Burns, then the vice president of research at Hoffman-La Roche, persuaded biochemist Sidney Udenfriend to leave the National Institutes of Health and help him create a basic science institute at the Hoffman-La Roche, Nutley, New Jersey facility.

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Rutgers University

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, commonly referred to as Rutgers University, Rutgers, or RU, is an American public research university and is the largest institution of higher education in New Jersey.

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Schering-Plough

Schering-Plough Corporation was a United States-based pharmaceutical company.

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Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology

The Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology is awarded by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences "in recognition of excellence in the field of microbiology." Named after Selman Waksman, it was first awarded in 1968.

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Seymour Milstein

Seymour Milstein (July 21, 1920 – October 2, 2001) was an American real estate developer and philanthropist.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania (commonly known as Penn or UPenn) is a private Ivy League research university located in University City section of West Philadelphia.

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White House

The White House is the official residence and workplace of the President of the United States.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Pestka

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