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Irwin Rose
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American biologist (1926-2015)
Irwin Rose was an American biologist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2004 for discovering how cells break down and recycle proteins, a fundamental process essential to life. His work revealed a tagging system that marks proteins for destruction, which has important implications for understanding diseases and developing new medical treatments.
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It is catalogued under topics including 1926 births, 2015 deaths and American biologists.
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Chemistry2004
“for the discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Rose
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Place of death
- Deerfield
- Occupation
- chemist
- Employer
- University of Chicago
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- biology
- Conflict
- World War II
- Image
- Nobel2004chemistrylaurets-Rose.jpg
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- Commons category
- Irwin Rose
- date of birth
- 1926-07-16
- date of death
- 2015-06-02
- name in native language
- Irwin A. Rose
- interested in
- biology
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Encyclopedic overview
Irwin Allan Rose (July 16, 1926 – June 2, 2015) was an American biologist. Along with Aaron Ciechanover and Avram Hershko, he was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation.
Education and early life
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