William C. Campbell ( born William C. Campbell ; born June 28, 1930 , Ramelton , Irish Free State ) - American biochemist of Irish origin, Ph.D. (1957, University of Wisconsin Madison ), professor at Drew University . In 2015, he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine, along with Satoshi Omura and Tu Yu . They were able to discover a new class of drugs based on avermectins , the waste products of the fungi Streptomyces avermitilis , which made it possible to more effectively treat invasions caused by parasitic worms (in particular, onchocerciasis and elephantiasis ). [2] .
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| English William Cecil Campbell | |
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| Scientific field | biochemistry , pharmaceutics |
| Place of work | Drew University |
| Alma mater | Dublin University |
| Academic degree | doctor |
| Awards and prizes |  Nobel Prize in Medicine ( 2015 ) |
In 1952 he graduated from Trinity College and moved to further study in the United States. In 1957 he defended his Ph.D. thesis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison .
Awards
- Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine (2015)
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Links
- William Campbell on the website of the Nobel Committee
- Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded for the fight against parasites and malaria // Interfax