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Also Known As Frances Hamilton Arnold
Born July 25, 1956 (age 68) • Pittsburgh • Pennsylvania
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (2018) • Draper Prize (2011)
Subjects Of Study bacteria • enzyme • mutation • subtilisin
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