Sanger

[sang-er]

noun

1. Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1958, 1980.

2. Margaret (Louise) Higgins 1883–1966, U.S. nurse and author: pioneering activist for legal, safe, and accessible birth control.

3. a town in central California.

Sanger

¹

/ ˈsæŋə /

noun

1. Frederick. born 1918, English biochemist, who determined the molecular structure of insulin: awarded two Nobel prizes for chemistry (1958; 1980)

2. Margaret ( Higgins ). 1883–1966, US leader of the birth-control movement

sanger

²

/ ˈsæŋə /

noun

1. Also called: sango. slang,  a sandwich

Sanger

1. British biochemist who determined the order of amino acids in the insulin molecule, thereby making it possible to manufacture synthetic insulin. For this work, he received the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1958. In 1980 Sanger received another Nobel Prize for chemistry (jointly with American molecular biologists Paul Berg and Walter Gilbert) for his development of methods for mapping the structure and function of DNA.

Example Sentences

Sanger’s renewed criticism helped push Wikipedia back into the spotlight this past week at a time when the nation’s most august institutions are under pressure for the messages they put into the world.

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She said sinking ground has damaged her own parents’ home in Sanger.

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Researchers at University College London and the Sanger Institute investigated the earliest stages in our body's colonisation by bacteria, fungi and more.

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Peña is responsible for paying her travel costs to the Live sessions, driving with her husband and business partner from their home in Sanger, Calif.

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“Ultimately, using this atlas could help us better understand the conditions of both the young and ageing skeleton,” said Dr Ken To, from the Wellcome Sanger Institute.

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