David Baltimore,(an Haife shi Maris 7, 1938) masanin ilimin halittar ɗan adam ɗan Amurka ne, wanda ya ci kyautar Nobel ta 1975, kuma farfesa a Caltech. Ya shahara don gano reverse transcriptase (wanda ya canza ra'ayin kimiyya game da ciwon daji), gudunmawar gano cutar HIV, da rarraba Baltimore.
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editƘungiyoyi biyu masu zaman kansu na masu bincike sun sami shaidar wani enzyme a cikin ƙwayoyin ƙwayoyin ƙwayar cuta na RNA wanda ke haɗa DNA daga samfurin RNA. Wannan binciken, idan an tabbatar da shi, zai yi tasiri mai mahimmanci ba kawai ga carcinogenesis ta ƙwayoyin cuta na RNA ba amma har ma ga cikakkiyar fahimtar rubutun kwayoyin halitta: a fili za a iya jujjuya tsarin al'ada na canja wurin bayanai daga DNA zuwa RNA. (1970). "Viral RNA-dogara DNA Polymerase: RNA-dogara DNA Polymerase a Virions na RNA Tumor Viruses". Yanayin 226 (5252): 1209-1211. DOI: 10.1038/2261209a0.