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19 february 2012 la jolla , california catanzaro , italy 220px italian , american nobel selman a. waksman award -lrb- 1974 -rrb- louisa gross horwitz prize prize -lrb- 1973 -rrb- in physiology or medicine -lrb- 1975 -rrb- virologist california research institute institute of technology , salk institute , london 22 february 1914 university of turin imperia , milan , la jolla reverse transcriptase renato dulbecco crop.jpg renato dulbecco
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renato dulbecco

renato dulbecco -lrb- february 22 , 1914 -- february 19 , 2012 -rrb- was an italian american , who won the 1975 nobel prize in physiology or medicine for his work on oncoviruses , which are viruses that can cause cancer when they infect animal cells .
he studied at the university of turin under giuseppe levi , along with fellow students salvador luria and rita levi-montalcini , who also moved to the u.s. with him and won nobel prizes .
he was drafted into the italian army in world war ii , but later joined the resistance .
