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Marshall Warren Nirenberg (April 10, 1927 – January 15, 2010) 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 .
Marshall Warren Nirenberg was an American biochemist and corecipient, with Robert William Holley and Har Gobind Khorana, of the 1968 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. He was cited for his role in deciphering the genetic code.
Biographical. Marshall Warren Nirenberg was born in New York City on April 10th, 1927, the son of Harry and Minerva Nirenberg. The family moved to Orlando, Florida in 1939. He early developed an interest in biology.
Mar 3, 2010 · A humble, gentle and visionary giant of molecular biology. Marshall Warren Nirenberg was only 34 years old when, in August 1961, he reported his studies on the genetic code at the International...
Jan 15, 2010 · Marshall W. Nirenberg. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1968. Born: 10 April 1927, New York, NY, USA. Died: 15 January 2010, New York, NY, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. Prize motivation: “for their interpretation of the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis”
Jan 21, 2010 · Marshall W. Nirenberg, a biologist who deciphered the genetic code of life, earning a Nobel Prize for his achievement, died Friday at his home in Manhattan. He was 82. The cause was cancer,...
Feb 19, 2010 · Marshall Warren Nirenberg (1927–2010) Passion and curiosity spurred a soft-spoken biologist to lead the fierce race to crack the code of life. Of all the astonishing advances and discoveries of 20th-century biology, few compare to the elucidation of the genetic code in terms of importance and universal impact.
