Richard E. Shope
| Richard Edwin Shope | |
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Richard Edwin Shope as a U.S. Navy officer
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| Born |
December 25, 1901 Des Moines, Iowa |
| Died | October 2, 1966 (aged 64) |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | University of Iowa |
| Known for |
Identified Shope papilloma virus and main cause of 1918 pandemic as Influenza A virus
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| Spouse(s) | Helen Ellis |
| Children | 3 |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Virologist |
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| Academic advisors | Dr. Paul Lewis |
| Influenced | Erich Traub |
Richard Edwin Shope (December 25, 1901 – October 2, 1966) was an American virologist who at the Rockefeller Institute identified influenzavirus A in pigs in 1931. Using Shope's technique, Smith, Andrewes, and Laidlaw of England's Medical Research Council cultured it from a human in 1933. They and Shope in 1935 and 1936, respectively, identified it as the virus circulating in the 1918 pandemic. In 1933, Shope identified the Shope papillomavirus, which infects rabbits. It was the first human virus discovered. His discovery later assist other researcher to link the Papilloma virus to warts and cervical cancer. He received the 1957 Albert Lasker Clinical Medical Research Award.
His son Robert Shope was also a virologist, who specialised in arthropod-borne viruses.
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