List of Jewish American biologists and physicians

"This is a list of famous Jewish American Biologists and Physicians. For other famous Jewish Americans, see List of Jewish Americans."

* Richard Axel, olfactory system, Nobel Prize (2004)
* Julius Axelrod, neurotransmitters, Nobel Prize (1970)
* David Baltimore, reverse transcriptase, Nobel Prize (1975)
* Baruj Benacerraf, immunologist, Nobel Prize (1980)
* M. A. Benjaminson, microbiologist and biotechnologist, in vitro meat pioneer
* Paul Berg, recombinant DNA, Nobel Prize (1980)
* Konrad Bloch, cholesterol, Nobel Prize (1959)
* Baruch Blumberg, hepatitis B vaccine, Nobel Prize (1976)
* Michael S. Brown, molecular geneticist, Nobel Prize (1985)
* Stanley Cohen, neurologist, Nobel Prize (1986)
* Stanley N. Cohen, genetic engineering
* Gerty Cori, biochemist, Nobel Prize (1947)
* Jared Diamond, evolutionary biologist & biogeographer
* Carl Djerassi, contraceptive pill
* Gerald Edelman, biologist, Nobel Prize (1972)
* Gertrude Elion, drug development, Nobel Prize (1988)
* Joseph Erlanger, physiologist, Nobel Prize (1945)
* Edmond H. Fischer, biochemist, Nobel Prize (1992) (Jewish father)
* Judah Folkman, cancer angiogenesis
* Casimir Funk, vitamins
* Robert F. Furchgott, pharmacologist, Nobel Prize (1998)
* Herbert Gasser, physiologist, Nobel Prize (1945) (Jewish father)
* Alfred G. Gilman, biochemist, Nobel Prize (1994)
* Joseph L. Goldstein, molecular geneticist, Nobel Prize (1985)
* Paul Greengard, neuroscientist, Nobel Prize (1990)
* Stephen Jay Gould, evolutionary biologist & writer
* Michael Heidelberger, immunochemist
* H. Robert Horvitz, biologist, Nobel Prize (2002)
* Jerome Horowitz, AZT
* Eric R. Kandel, neuroscientist, Nobel Prize (2000)
* Charles Kelman, cataract surgery
* Arthur Kornberg, DNA replication, Nobel Prize (1959)
* Roger Kornberg, RNA transcription, Nobel Prize (2006) (son of Arthur Kornberg)
* Eric Lander, Human Genome Project
* Esther Lederberg, geneticist [Obituary, Jewish Chronicle, January 19, 2007 p.45]
* Joshua Lederberg, molecular biologist, Nobel Prize (1958)
* Rita Levi-Montalcini, neurologist, Nobel Prize (1986)
* Richard Lewontin, evolutionary biologist
* Fritz Lipmann, coenzyme A, Nobel Prize (1953)
* Otto Loewi, acetylcholine, Nobel Prize (1936)
* Abraham Low, neuropsychiatrist, Recovery, Inc. founder
* Salvador Luria, bacterial evolution, Nobel Prize (1969)
* Lynn Margulis, Gaia theory
* Matthew Meselson, DNA replication
* Dr A L Mestel, pediatric surgeon, separation of conjoined twins (1968)
* Otto Meyerhof, glycolysis, Nobel Prize (1922)
* Stanley Miller, Miller-Urey experiment
* Hermann Muller, geneticist, Nobel Prize (1946) (Jewish mother)
* Daniel Nathans, microbiologist, Nobel Prize (1978)
* Marshall Nirenberg, genetic code, Nobel Prize (1968)
* Gregory Pincus, contraceptive pill
* Karl Pribram, neurologist
* Stanley Prusiner, neurologist, Nobel Prize (1997)
* Martin Rodbell, biochemist, Nobel Prize (1994)
* Albert Sabin, oral polio vaccine
* Jonas Salk, polio vaccine
* Andrew V. Schally, endocrinologist, Nobel Prize (1977)
* Albert Schatz, streptomycin
* Béla Schick, diphtheria test
* Rudolf Schoenheimer, radioactive tracers
* Alexander Shulgin, pharmacologist, populariser of ecstasy
* Leo Sternbach, valium
* Howard Temin, reverse transcriptase, Nobel Prize (1975)
* Max Tishler, synthetic vitamins
* Harold Varmus, virologist, Nobel Prize (1989)
* George Wald, retina pigmentation, Nobel Prize (1967)
* Selman Waksman, streptomycin, Nobel Prize (1952)
* Charles Weissmann, interferon cloning
* Alexander S. Wiener hematologist and co-discoverer of the Rh factor
* Rosalyn Yalow, medical physicist, Nobel Prize (1977)
* Charles Yanofsky, geneticist
* Laurie Rowen, Biologist

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