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J. Michael Bishop

Oncology

San Francisco, United States

125 H-Index
14,939 Citations
1,571 Total Impact
GLNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1989)0

Overview

J. Michael Bishop is a oncology specialist at University of California, San Francisco. Based in United States.

For Patients

  • Research is cited 15K+ times by other doctors and scientists, indicating significant influence on medical research
  • Currently at University of California, San Francisco in San Francisco, United States

Biography

J. Michael Bishop is an American virologist who discovered that normal cells contain genes (proto-oncogenes) that can cause cancer when mutated. Nobel Prize 1989.

Affiliations & Institutions

Research Impact

10 Publications
14,939 Total Citations
10K+ Citation Milestone

Publication Timeline

01219761983198419851987199119982004

Published In

Molecular and Cellular BiologyScienceAnnual Review of BiochemistryCellNature

Key Publications

Areas of Expertise

Medical Specialties

Legacy Timeline

The life and contributions of J. Michael Bishop

1976

Discovered cellular origin of oncogenes

Showed that cancer-causing viral oncogenes originate from normal cellular genes

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