Science · 1927–2010

Marshall Warren Nirenberg

Biochemist who helped crack the genetic code

Did you know?He shared the 1968 Nobel Prize for showing how DNA sequences determine the structure of proteins.

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.

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Born: April 10, 1927 · Brooklyn, United States
Died: January 15, 2010
Cause of death: Cancer
Nationality: American
Known for: Science

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