Marshall Warren Nirenberg
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 14 years ago |
Date of birth | April 10,1927 |
Zodiac sign | Aries |
Born | New York |
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Date of died | January 15,2010 |
Died | New York |
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United States | |
Field | Biochemistry |
Spouse | Myrna Weissman |
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Job | Biochemist |
Education | University of Michigan |
University of Florida | |
Nationality | American |
Known for | Contribution to solving the genetic code |
Awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
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Marshall Warren Nirenberg Life story
Marshall Warren Nirenberg was an American biochemist and geneticist. He shared a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1968 with Har Gobind Khorana and Robert W. Holley for "breaking the genetic code" and describing how it operates in protein synthesis.