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Har Gobind Khorana (9 January 1922 – 9 November 2011) was an Indian-American biochemist. While on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin–Madison , he shared the 1968 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Holley for research that showed the order of nucleotides in nucleic acids , which carry the ...
Apr 5, 2022 · Har Gobind Khorana: The chemist who cracked DNA’s code and made the first artificial gene was born into poverty in an Indian village. Har Gobind Khorana pieced together how DNA encoded for the...
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1968 was awarded jointly to Robert W. Holley, Har Gobind Khorana and Marshall W. Nirenberg "for their interpretation of the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis"
Har Gobind Khorana, Indian-born American biochemist who shared the 1968 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for research that helped to show how the nucleotides in nucleic acids, which carry the genetic code of the cell, control the cell’s synthesis of proteins.
Dec 14, 2011 · Har Gobind Khorana, who died on 9 November 2011 at the age of 89, was a pioneer and a visionary. That someone with such a humble background could rise to become an icon of...
Understanding and fighting one of the gravest enemies of humanity — The coronavirus pandemic — could not have been the same had it not been the pioneering work of Professor HarGobind Khorana, who demonstrated the role of nucleotides in protein synthesis and helped crack the genetic code.
May 2, 2018 · Gobind Khorana and the rise of molecular biology - MIT School of Science. Throughout his career, Har Gobind Khorana was devoted to working in the lab himself. When his lab undertook a new research direction, he insisted on knowing how to master the relevant experimental methods with his own hands.
Nov 9, 2011 · Har Gobind Khorana. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1968. Born: 9 January 1922, Raipur, India. Died: 9 November 2011, Concord, MA, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA. Prize motivation: “for their interpretation of the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis” Prize share: 1/3.
Dec 23, 2011 · Gobind Khorana was a scientist who traversed boundaries, both scientifically and culturally. He pioneered the use of concepts and tools from chemistry and physics to tackle fundamental questions of biology.
Nov 14, 2011 · H. Gobind Khorana, who rose from a childhood of poverty in India to become a biochemist and share in a Nobel Prize for his role in deciphering the genetic code, died on Wednesday in Concord,...
