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Israeli protein crystallographer Ada Yonath.
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Born June 22, 1939 (age 85) • Jerusalem
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize
Subjects Of Study RNA • endoplasmic reticulum • protein • ribosome

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American biochemist
Fenn, John B.
John B. Fenn
American scientist
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Lithuanian-born British chemist
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British biochemist
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American biochemist
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American biochemist
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American chemist
Stanford Moore
American biochemist
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Arieh Warshel
American-Israeli chemist
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Michael Levitt
American-British-Israeli chemist
Avram Hershko
Israeli chemist
Aaron J. Ciechanover
Israeli biochemist
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Linus Pauling
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Sanger, Frederick
Frederick Sanger
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Melvin Calvin
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