Isaac Berenblum

Israeli biochemist

Isaac Berenblum
יצחק ברנבלום

Born	(1903-08-26)August 26, 1903
Died	April 18, 2000(2000-04-18) (aged 96)
Nationality	Israeli
Known for	Proposed that cancers need another trigger to grow besides mutated DNA
Awards	Weizmann Prize (1958), Israel Prize (1974), Alfred P. Sloan Jr. Prize (1980)
Scientific career
Fields	Biochemistry

Isaac Berenblum, (Hebrew: יצחק ברנבלום, born 26 August 1903, died 18 April 2000) was an Israeli biochemist, who in 1947 proposed that cancers need another trigger to grow besides mutated DNA.

Awards

In 1958, he was awarded the Weizmann Prize for his research in experimental biology, especially on neoplastic diseases.

In 1974, he was awarded the Israel Prize, in life science.^[1]
In 1980, he received the Alfred P. Sloan Jr. Prize given by the General Motors Cancer Research Foundation.^[2]

See also

List of Israel Prize recipients

References

^ "Israel Prize Official Site – Recipients in 1974 (in Hebrew)".
^ "Image Details Error - NCI Visuals Online". visualsonline.cancer.gov. Retrieved Aug 26, 2020.

External links

Media related to Isaac Berenblum at Wikimedia Commons
Prof. Isaac BERENBLUM
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