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Nirenberg

[nir-uh n-burg]
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  1. Marshall Warren,1927–2010, U.S. biochemist: pioneered studies on the genetic code; Nobel Prize in medicine 1968.
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Nirenberg

noun
  1. 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
  1. American biochemist. He shared a 1968 Nobel Prize for the study of genetic codes.
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