Tikvah Alper
Tikvah Alper (22 January 1909 - 2 February 1995) is a South African scientist who was trained as a physicist who later settled in Great Brittain.
Radiobiologist[edit]
She later became a distinguished radiobiologist.
Discoveries[edit]
Among many other initiatives and discoveries, she was among the first to find evidence indicating that the infectious agent in Scrapie does not contain nucleic acid.
Prion diseases[edit]
Her discovery that scrapie does not contain nucleic acid was instrumental in understanding the development of the Prion theory.
Director of the MRC[edit]
She was director of the MRC Experimental Radiopathology Unit, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK, 1962-1974.
Marriage with Max Sterne[edit]
She married Max Sterne but did not adopt his name.
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- Alumni of Durban Girls' High School
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