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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Nirenberg has seen as many as 40 people with the symptom, which he’s found tends to clear up in a month or two.
A full report from the clinical trial may be a year or more away, Nirenberg says.
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British Dictionary definitions for Nirenberg
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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