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Robert F. Furchgott
American biochemist (1916–2009) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert Francis Furchgott (June 4, 1916 – May 19, 2009) was a Nobel Prize-winning American biochemist who contributed to the discovery of nitric oxide as a transient cellular signal in mammalian systems.
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Born | Robert Francis Furchgott June 4, 1916 (1916-06-04) |
Died | May 19, 2009(2009-05-19) (aged 92) Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
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Spouse(s) | Lenore Mandelbaum (1941–1983; her death; 3 children) Margaret Gallagher Roth (?–2006; her death) |
Awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1998 |
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Fields | Biochemistry |
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