Robert F. Furchgott
American biochemist (1916-2009) · United States · Doctors · Died at 92
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Something wrong?Robert Francis Furchgott was an American Nobel Prize winning biochemist who contributed to the discovery of nitric oxide as a transient cellular signal in mammalian systems.
A life in dates
2009Died19 May 20091998Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineAward1996Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical ResearchAwardThe Louis and Artur Lucian Award in Cardiovascular DiseasesAward1994Julius Axelrod AwardAward1991Bristol-Myers Squibb Award for Distinguished Achievement in Cardiovascular ResearchAwardCanada Gairdner International AwardAward1916Born4 June 1916
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Country
United States
Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1916 to 2009 · aged 92
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