Michael Alpers
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Michael Philip Alpers AO
FRS is an Australian medical researcher, and John Curtin distinguished Professor of International Health, at Curtin University.
He investigated kuru disease
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He is Honorary Senior Research Associate University College London
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with a BSc, and MBBS, and from University of Cambridge
with an MA.
Order of Australia
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FRS is an Australian medical researcher, and John Curtin distinguished Professor of International Health, at Curtin University.
He investigated kuru disease
Kuru (disease)
Kuru is an incurable degenerative neurological disorder that is a type of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, caused by a prion found in humans...
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He is Honorary Senior Research Associate University College London
University College London
University College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...
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Life
He graduated from University of AdelaideUniversity of Adelaide
The University of Adelaide is a public university located in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1874, it is the third oldest university in Australia...
with a BSc, and MBBS, and from University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
with an MA.
External links
- "My kuru adventure", Philosophical Transactions B Werner H Stöcklin
- http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/s938896.htm