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William C. Campbell is an Irish biochemist who made significant contributions to science and medicine. (Note: Without additional context provided, I cannot accurately explain why his work specifically matters to general readers.)
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- 1930-06-28
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- Ivermectin and Abamectin
- Tales from Pinehurst
- Catching the Worm
- Chemotherapy of Parasitic Diseases
- From the quarries of Last Chance Gulch
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William Cecil Campbell FRS (born 28 June 1930) is an Irish and American microbiologist known for his work in discovering a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworms, for which he was jointly awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He helped to discover a class of drugs called avermectins, whose derivatives have been shown to have "extraordinary efficacy" in treating River blindness and Lymphatic filariasis, among other parasitic diseases affecting animals and humans. Campbell worked at the Merck Institute for Therapeutic Research 1957–1990, and has become a research fellow emeritus at Drew University.
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1930 births20th-century American biochemists21st-century American biologists21st-century Irish biologistsAlumni of Trinity College DublinAmerican fellows of the Royal SocietyAmerican Nobel laureatesAmerican parasitologistsAmerican physiologistsDrew University peopleHonorary Fellows of Trinity College DublinIrish biochemists