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19 Nov 2013
Frederick Sanger |
death Frederick Sanger Died 19 Nov 2013 at age 95 (born 13 Aug 1918). English biochemist who was twice the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. He was awarded the prize in 1958 for his work on the structure of proteins, especially the determination of the structure of the insulin molecule. He shared the prize (with Paul Berg and Walter Gilbert of the United States) in 1980 for his contribution concerning the determination of base sequences in nucleic acids. |
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