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Luria Lu·ri·a (l&oobreve;r'ē-ə), Salvador Edward. 1912-1991.
Italian-born American biologist. He shared a 1969 Nobel Prize for investigating the mechanism of viral infection in living cells.
Luria (l r'ē-ə) Pronunciation Key
Italian-born American biologist whose research on gene mutation and bacteria increased scientific understanding of the role of DNA in bacterial viruses. |