1. Renato Dulbecco studied at the University of Turin under Giuseppe Levi, along with fellow students Salvador Luria and Rita Levi-Montalcini, who moved to the US with him and won Nobel prizes.
10 Facts About Renato Dulbecco
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Renato Dulbecco was drafted into the Italian army in World War II, but later joined the resistance.
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Renato Dulbecco graduated from high school at 16, then moved to the University of Turin.
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In 1940 Italy entered World War II and Renato Dulbecco was recalled and sent to the front in France and Russia, where he was wounded.
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Renato Dulbecco retained his position on the faculty of Salk Institute for Biological Studies.
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Renato Dulbecco was actively involved in research into identification and characterization of mammary gland cancer stem cells until December 2011.
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Renato Dulbecco's examinations into the origin of mammary gland cancer stem cells in solid tumors was a continuation of his early investigations of cancer being a disease of acquired mutations.
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Renato Dulbecco's study gave a basis for a precise understanding of the molecular mechanisms by which they propagate, thus allowing humans to better fight them.
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Renato Dulbecco's discoveries allowed humans to better understand and fight cancer.
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Renato Dulbecco was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 1974.