Marshall Warren Nirenberg
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 15 years ago |
| Date of birth | April 10,1927 |
| Zodiac sign | Aries |
| Born | New York |
| United States | |
| Date of died | January 15,2010 |
| Died | New York |
| New York | |
| United States | |
| Field | Biochemistry |
| Spouse | Myrna Weissman |
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| Job | Biochemist |
| Education | University of Michigan |
| University of Florida | |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Contribution to solving the genetic code |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
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| ID | 456995 |
Marshall Warren Nirenberg Life story
Marshall Warren Nirenberg 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.