Sanger

American  

[sang-er] / ˈsæŋ ər /

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.

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Sanger ¹ British  

/ 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

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sanger ² British  

/ ˈsæŋə /

noun

1. Also called: sango.  slang a sandwich

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Sanger Scientific  

/ săng′ər /

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.

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Example Sentences

Mr. Sanger also suggests the National Security Strategy should have more to say about the prospect of an intensifying nuclear arms race, including the threat of orbital nuclear weapons in the relatively near future.

From The Wall Street Journal

To overcome this, the team combined data from the UK Baby Biome Study with genomic information from E. coli bloodstream infection surveillance programs in the UK and Norway, previously compiled by the Wellcome Sanger Institute.

From Science Daily

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.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From Los Angeles Times

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

From BBC