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Marshall Warren Nirenberg

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American biochemist and geneticist (1927-2010)

United StatesScientistsLived 1927 to 2010 · aged 82
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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.

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1969Honorary doctorate of the University of Florida
1969William H. Nichols Medal
1968Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
1968Franklin Medal
1968Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize
1968Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1967Canada Gairdner International Award
1967Grand Prix Charles-Leopold Mayer
1967Remsen Award
1964Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry
1964National Medal of Science
1962NAS Award in Molecular Biology

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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. In the same year, together with Har Gobind Khorana, he was awarded the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University.

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United States
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Scientists
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Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1927 to 2010 · aged 82
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