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Krebs

American  
[kreps, krebz] / krɛps, krɛbz /

noun

  1. Sir Hans Adolf 1900–81, German biochemist in England: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1953.


Krebs British  
/ krɛbz /

noun

  1. Sir Hans Adolf. 1900–81, British biochemist, born in Germany, who shared a Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1953) for the discovery of the Krebs cycle

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Krebs Scientific  
/ krĕbz /
  1. German-born British biochemist who in 1936 discovered the process that came to be known as the Krebs cycle. For this work he shared with American biochemist Fritz Lipmann the 1953 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine.


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A week later, security blogger Brian Krebs published a story highlighting Brundage’s research on Kimwolf’s origin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

One outcome was an increase in metabolites such as mesaconate, which participates in the Krebs cycle, a fundamental energy-producing pathway in cells.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 14, 2025

"There is no motive or normal psychological explanation" for the attack, said presiding judge Karsten Krebs, adding that O. had acted during an "acute psychotic phase of schizophrenia".

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2025

He stripped Krebs of his security clearance, and in an act of sheer, gratuitous malice, he did the same to the people Krebs works with at his security firm.

From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2025

Hans Krebs, the biochemist, was breaking open cells to identify their constituent chemical components.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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