Monod

[maw-noh]

noun

Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/, 1910–76, French chemist: Nobel prize 1965.

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Inspired by such men as Vinet and Monod, they do not stand merely on the defensive, but are constantly aggressive.
History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology
John F. Hurst
I had recovered, and Dr. Monod, who was attending me, said that I could now be moved without any fear of ill effects.
My Double Life
Sarah Bernhardt

monod in Medicine

Monod

[mô-nō′]Jacques Lucien 1910-1976

French biochemist. He shared a 1965 Nobel Prize for the study of regulatory activity in body cells.

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Monod

[mô-nō′]Jacques Lucien 1910-1976

French biochemist who, with François Jacob, proposed the existence of messenger RNA. Monod and Jacob also studied how genes control cellular activity by directing the synthesis of proteins.

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