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Choh Hao Li

Chinese-American biochemist · China · Academics · Lived 1913 to 1987 · aged 74

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Choh Hao Li was a Chinese-born American biochemist who discovered in 1966 that human pituitary growth hormone (somatotropin) consists of a chain of 256 amino acids. In 1970, he succeeded in synthesizing this hormone, the largest protein molecule synthesized up to that time.

A life in dates

1987Died28 November 19871981Fred Conrad Koch AwardAward1979William H. Nichols MedalAward1970AMA Scientific Achievement AwardAward1964Golden Plate AwardAward1962Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical ResearchAward1954Amory PrizeAward1948Guggenheim FellowshipAward1913Born21 April 1913

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Awards

Fred Conrad Koch Award1981
William H. Nichols Medal1979
AMA Scientific Achievement Award1970
Golden Plate Award1964
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research1962
Amory Prize1954
Guggenheim Fellowship1948
Honorary Doctor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong

About this person

Country
China
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1913 to 1987 · aged 74

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