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kite 2, verb (oh)



2 v [I and T] AmE informal
also kite up
to raise the cost of something
-synonym hike up hike up
::Soaring medical costs keep kiting up insurance premiums.
to obtain money using an illegal cheque

Baltimore, David (sh)




born March 7, 1938, New York, N.Y., U.S.

U.S. virologist.

He received his doctorate from the Rockefeller Institute. He and Howard Temin (1934-94), working independently, discovered an enzyme that synthesizes DNA from RNA, the reverse of the usual process. This enzyme, reverse transcriptase, has become an invaluable tool in recombinant DNA technology. The research of Baltimore, Temin, and Renato Dulbecco helped illuminate the role of viruses in cancer; the three men shared a Nobel Prize in 1975. In 1990 Baltimore became president of Rockefeller University; in 1997 he became president of the California Institute of Technology.