Nirenberg

[ nir-uhn-burg ]

/ ˈnɪr ənˌbɜrg /

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noun

Marshall Warren, 1927–2010, U.S. biochemist: pioneered studies on the genetic code; Nobel Prize in medicine 1968.

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A full report from the clinical trial may be a year or more away, Nirenberg says.
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Nirenberg

/ (ˈnaɪrənˌbɜːɡ) /

noun

Marshall Warren. 1927–2010, US biochemist; shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1968) for his role in deciphering the genetic code

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Nirenberg

[ nîr′ĭn-bûrg′ ]

Marshall Warren Born 1927

American biochemist. He shared a 1968 Nobel Prize for the study of genetic codes.