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Nirenberg , Marshall W.
(b. 1927) American biochemist who shared the 1968 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in deciphering the genetic code. Marshall Warren Nirenberg was born in New York City. In 1941, Marshall developed rheumatic fever, and the…
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