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Born Seattle • Washington
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (2024)

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Aziz Sancar
Aziz Sancar
Turkish-American biochemist
Modrich, Paul
Paul Modrich
American biochemist
Calvin, Melvin
Melvin Calvin
American biochemist
Kary B. Mullis
Kary Mullis
American chemist
Thomas Robert Cech
American scientist
Joachim Frank
German-American biochemist
Thomas Steitz
American biophysicist and biochemist
George P. Smith
American biochemist
Fenn, John B.
John B. Fenn
American scientist
Irwin Rose
American biochemist
John Howard Northrop
American biochemist
Du Vigneaud, 1968
Vincent du Vigneaud
American biochemist
Paul D. Boyer
American biochemist
Paul Berg
Paul Berg
American biochemist
Bruce Merrifield
American biochemist and educator
William H. Stein
American biochemist
Anfinsen, Christian B.
Christian B. Anfinsen
American biochemist
Wendell Stanley, 1970
Wendell Meredith Stanley
American biochemist
Roger D. Kornberg
American chemist
Stanford Moore
American biochemist