Famous people from British Indian Ocean Territory born on Friday
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Pablo DT Valenzuela
Pablo DT Valenzuela is a Chilean biochemist dedicated to biotechnology development. He is known for his genetic studies of hepatitis viruses participated as RampD Director in the discovery of hepatitis C virus and the invention of the worlds first recombinant vaccine . He is one of the cofounders of the biotechnology company Chiron Corporation and of Fundacion Ciencia para la Vida, a private non profit institution where he is currently working.....
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Leonard A Cole
Leonard A. Cole , an American dentist, political scientist and expert on bioterrorism and terror medicine. He is adjunct professor of political science at Rutgers UniversityNewark, New Jersey, and of emergency medicine at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, where he is Director of the Program on Terror Medicine and Security of the UMDNJ Center for BioDefense.....
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Hans Hedberg
Hans Hedberg was a Swedish sculptor who resided in Biot in southern France until his death. Born in Kpmanholmen, rnskldsvik Municipality, Vsternorrland County, Sweden, he was mostly known for his gigantic ceramic fruit and has installations in several countries, especially in his native Sweden and in France.....
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Herbert Boyer
Herbert W. Boyer is a researcher and entrepreneur in biotechnology. Along with Stanley N. Cohen and Paul Berg he discovered a method to coax bacteria into producing foreign proteins, thereby jump starting the field of genetic engineering. He is recipient of the 1990 National Medal of Science, corecipient of the 1996 LemelsonMIT Prize, and a cofounder of Genentech. He served as Vice President of Genentech from 1976 until his retirement in 1991.....
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