Arthur Kornberg

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Arthur Kornberg


Born
in New York City, New York, The United States
March 03, 1918

Died
October 26, 2007

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Arthur Kornberg was an American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1959 for his discovery of "the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)" together with Dr. Severo Ochoa of New York University. He was also awarded the Paul-Lewis Award in Enzyme Chemistry from the American Chemical Society in 1951, L.H.D. degree from Yeshiva University in 1962, as well as National Medal of Science in 1979. In 1991, Kornberg received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement[3] and the Gairdner Foundation Award in 1995.

His primary research interests were in biochemistry, especially enzyme chemistry, deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis (DNA replication) and studying the nucleic acids which
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The Golden Helix: Inside Bi...

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Cuentos de microbios

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DNA Replication

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Never a Dull Enzyme (Annual...

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Reflections on Biochemistry...

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DNA Synthesis

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Genetic Chemistry and The F...

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“I told my three sons stories about germs more than fifty years ago as fanciful bedtime tales.”
Arthur Kornberg