Har Gobind Khorana
Also known as Hargobind Khorana, Har G. Khorana
biólogo molecular americano-indio
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Har Gobind Khorana was an Indian-American scientist who made groundbreaking discoveries in molecular biology, particularly in understanding how genetic information is decoded and used to create proteins in living cells. His work earned him a Nobel Prize and fundamentally advanced our understanding of the genetic code, which is essential to modern biology and medicine.
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- Born
- 1922
- Died
- 2011
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- 2
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- Chemical Biology
- Some recent developments in the chemistry of phosphate esters of biological interest
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5 total works indexed
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- Development and validation of a predictive model for chemotherapy-associated thrombosis
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Har Gobind Khorana (Kolkata, Raj británico, (parte occidental, actualmente parte de Kolkata, India), 9 de enero de 1922-Baltimore, Estados Unidos, Massachusetts, Estados Unidos de América, 9 de noviembre de 2011) fue un biólogo molecular indo-estadounidense de ascendencia nacido en la parte pakistaní del desaparecido Raj británico (entidad territorial que agrupaba a los actuales países de India, Pakistán y Bangladesh). Fue galardonado con el Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina (compartido con Robert W. Holley y Marshall Warren Nirenberg) en 1968 por su trabajo en la interpretación del código genético y su función en la Síntesis proteica. Se convirtió en ciudadano naturalizado de Estados Unidos en 1966 y vivió durante mucho tiempo en Cambridge, Massachusetts, Estados Unidos trabajando en la Facultad de Química del MIT.
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1922 births2011 deathsAcademic staff of ETH ZurichAcademic staff of the University of British ColumbiaAlumni of the University of LiverpoolAmerican fellows of the Royal SocietyAmerican Nobel laureatesAmerican people of Punjabi descentDayanand Anglo-Vedic Schools System alumniForeign members of the Royal SocietyForeign members of the Russian Academy of Sciences