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Also Known As Phillip Allen Sharp
Born June 6, 1944 (age 80) • Kentucky
Awards And Honors National Medal of Science (2004) • Nobel Prize (1993)
Subjects Of Study DNA • exon • intron • messenger RNA

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Watson, James
James Watson
American geneticist and biophysicist
Elizabeth Blackburn
Elizabeth Blackburn
American molecular biologist and biochemist
Carol W. Greider
Carol W. Greider
American molecular biologist
Günter Blobel
German-American scientist
Severo Ochoa, 1959.
Severo Ochoa
Spanish-American biochemist
A.D. Hershey
American biologist
Daniel Nathans
American microbiologist
Tonegawa Susumu
Japanese biologist
François Jacob, 1965.
François Jacob
French biologist
Brenner, Sydney
Sydney Brenner
South African-born biologist
Werner Arber
Swiss microbiologist
Roberts, Richard J.
Richard J. Roberts
British molecular biologist
Torsten Wiesel
Swedish biologist
English-born American biochemist and geneticist Jack W. Szostak.
Jack W. Szostak
American biochemist and geneticist
Rothman, James E.
James E. Rothman
American biochemist and cell biologist
Smith, Hamilton O.
Hamilton O. Smith
American biologist
Schekman, Randy W.
Randy W. Schekman
American biochemist and cell biologist
Selman Abraham Waksman, 1968.
Selman Abraham Waksman
American biochemist
Arthur Kornberg.
Arthur Kornberg
American scientist
John Franklin Enders
American microbiologist

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