Severo Ochoa
Spanish biochemist and Nobel laureate (1905–1993) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Severo Ochoa de Albornoz (Spanish: [seˈβeɾo oˈtʃoa ðe alβoɾˈnoθ]; 24 September 1905 – 1 November 1993) was a Spanish physician and biochemist, and winner of the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine together with Arthur Kornberg for their discovery of "the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)".[2][3][4][5]
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ochoa and the second or maternal family name is de Albornoz.
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Born | Severo Ochoa de Albornoz (1905-09-24)24 September 1905 |
Died | 1 November 1993(1993-11-01) (aged 88) |
Citizenship | Spanish (1905–1956), American (1956–1993) |
Known for | Discovery of mechanisms in the biological synthesis of RNA and DNA |
Spouse | Carmen Garcia Cobian[1] |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Biochemistry, molecular biology |
Institutions | New York University Grossman School of Medicine Washington University School of Medicine |
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