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Edward Calvin Kendall

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American chemist (1886-1972)

United StatesScientistsLived 1886 to 1972 · aged 86
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Edward Calvin Kendall was an American biochemist. In 1950, Kendall was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine along with Swiss chemist Tadeusz Reichstein and Mayo Clinic physician Philip S. Hench, for their work with the hormones of the adrenal glands.

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Awards 8

1966Golden Plate Award
1965AMA Scientific Achievement Award
1952George M. Kober Medal
1950Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1950Remsen Award
1949Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
1920John Scott Award
Cameron Prize of the University of Edinburgh

Connected to Edward 6

Marshall Warren NirenbergAlso won Remsen AwardFrancis CollinsAlso won George M. Kober MedalArthur KornbergAlso won AMA Scientific Achievement AwardHerman WoukAlso won Golden Plate AwardDrew WeissmanAlso won Cameron Prize of the University of EdinburghRoald HoffmannAlso won Remsen Award

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Edward Calvin Kendall was an American biochemist. In 1950, Kendall was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine along with Swiss chemist Tadeusz Reichstein and Mayo Clinic physician Philip S. Hench, for their work with the hormones of the adrenal glands. Kendall not only researched the adrenal glands, he also isolated thyroxine, a hormone of the thyroid gland and worked with the team that crystallized glutathione and identified its chemical structure.

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United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
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Lived 1886 to 1972 · aged 86
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