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Vincent Du Vigneaud

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Gender Male
Death45 years ago
Date of birth May 18,1901
Zodiac sign Taurus
Born Chicago
Illinois
United States
Date of died December 11,1978
DiedIthaca
New York
United States
Notable studentSofia Simmonds
Job Biochemist
Education Carl Schurz High School
University of Rochester
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Awards Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
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Vincent du Vigneaud was an American biochemist. He won the 1955 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his work on biochemically important sulphur compounds, especially for the first synthesis of a polypeptide hormone," a reference to his work on the cyclic peptide oxytocin.

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