J. Michael Bishop, PhD

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Honorary member, elected 1989

Honors / awards

National Academy of Medicine (1991)
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1989) For the discovery of the cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes.
Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award (1982) For his elegant elucidation of the nature of oncogenes, and his contribution to the discovery that these genes are present in normal cells. More
National Academy of Sciences (1980)