du Vigneaud

American  

[doo veen-yoh, dyoo] / du ˈvin yoʊ, dyu /

noun

1. Vincent, 1901–78, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1955.

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Du Vigneaud British  

/ duː ˈviːnjəʊ /

noun

1. Vincent. 1901–78, US biochemist: Nobel prize for chemistry (1955) for his synthesis of the hormones oxytocin and vasopressin

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Example Sentences

He published his first scientific paper, in biochemistry, with Dr. Vincent du Vigneaud, who later won a Nobel Prize for other work.

From New York Times

Vincent du Vigneaud, 77, winner of the 1955 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his synthesis of two pituitary hormones; of a stroke; in White Plains, N. Y. Chairman of the biochemistry department at Cornell University Medical College, Du Vigneaud headed a team of scientists who succeeded in 1946 in synthesizing penicillin, the climax of years of work by an international task force.

From Time Magazine Archive

The 1948 winners, announced this week: Dr. Vincent du Vigneaud, 47, Cornell University Medical College biochemist, "for advancing the frontiers of our knowledge of fundamental living processes."

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Vincent du Vigneaud, professor and chairman of the department of biochemistry of the Cornell University Medical College .

From Time Magazine Archive

After working for many years on the mixture of powerful hormones secreted by the pituitary gland at the base of the brain, Biochemist du Vigneaud succeeded in isolating oxytocin, which stimulates the uterus contractions of childbirth and starts the flow of milk.

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