Flossie Wong-Staal
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| Gender | Female |
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| Death | 5 years ago |
| Date of birth | August 27,1946 |
| Zodiac sign | Virgo |
| Born | Guangzhou |
| China | |
| Field | Virology |
| Books | AIDS Vaccine Research |
| Academic advisor | Robert Gallo |
| Job | Molecular Biologist |
| Died | La Jolla |
| California | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | July 8,2020 |
| Education | University of California, Los Angeles |
| University of California San Diego | |
| Known for | Cloning of HIV |
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| ID | 1765892 |
Flossie Wong-Staal Life story
Flossie Wong-Staal was a Chinese-American virologist and molecular biologist. She was the first scientist to clone HIV and determine the function of its genes, which was a major step in proving that HIV is the cause of AIDS.