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Flossie Wong-Staal

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American virologist

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Flossie Wong-Staal
Biology
#2992
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#4646
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#1268
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Virology
#78
World Rank
#81
Historical Rank
#27
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Molecular Biology
#308
World Rank
#313
Historical Rank
#119
USA Rank
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According to Wikipedia, Flossie Wong-Staal was a Chinese-American virologist and molecular biologist. She was the first scientist to clone HIV and determine the function of its genes, which was a major step in proving that HIV is the cause of AIDS. From 1990 to 2002, she held the Florence Riford Chair in AIDS Research at the University of California, San Diego . She was co-founder and, after retiring from UCSD, she became the chief scientific officer of Immusol, which was renamed Pharmaceuticals in 2007 when it transitioned to a drug development company focused on hepatitis C and continued as chief scientific officer.

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Flossie Wong-Staal's Published Works

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