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Dr. Edwin Jenner, portrayed by Noah Emmerich, is a character in the television series The Walking Dead.

Dr. Jenner is the last surviving staff pathologist at the CDC in Atlanta. Working with surviving samples of infected tissue, he attempts to create a possible cure, but repeatedly fails.

When the Grimes group arrives at the CDC looking for help or survivors, he hesitates to assist and only allows them in once the walkers have them surrounded. He reveals that his wife succumbed to the disease and provided his few tissue samples; he later accidentally destroys them due to fatigue. Despairing, he attempts to lock the group in the CDC building, which is programmed to self-destruct when its fuel runs out.

However, he relents and allows them to flee shortly before the building is destroyed. He and Jacqui elect to die in the explosion. Before parting ways with Rick Grimes for the last time, Jenner whispers to him (as shown in "TS-19") that everyone carries the infection and will reanimate after expiring, no matter how they die (as revealed in "Beside the Dying Fire").

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