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William Howard Stein

American biochemist (1911–1980)

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Lived 1911–1980, aged 69United States
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    1911–1980
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Biochemist who mapped ribonuclease's molecular structure and won a 1972 Nobel Prize for it. Also pioneered the automatic amino acid analyzer, a tool that basically launched modern chromatography.

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William Howard Stein was an American biochemist who collaborated in the determination of the ribonuclease sequence, as well as how its structure relates to catalytic activity, earning a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1972 for his work. Stein was also involved in the invention of the automatic amino acid analyzer, an advancement in chromatography that opened the door to modern methods of chromatography, such as liquid chromatography and gas chromatography.

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