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died twice winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Frederick Sanger

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published Nov. 20 ’13 17:26

Source: AP

Dr. Frederick Sanger (28 October 1958)

on Wednesday at the age of 95 years died, a British biochemist Frederick Sanger. He was the only scientist, twice awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

In 1958, the Nobel Committee awarded Sanger Award for his work to sequence the sequence of amino groups in insulin and deciphering its structure. The opening of the British chemist given the opportunity to synthesize insulin and other hormones.

second Nobel Prize (1980) Sanger shared with Walter Gilbert and Paul Berg. The prize was awarded for the method of DNA sequencing, which was proposed by scientists in 1977. By name he is called the discoverer of Sanger.

Sanger was awarded many awards, including being the Commander of the Order of the British Empire. His name is the Institute for Genomic Research for the charity fund Wellcome Trust. According to AP, the head of the Fund Jeremy Farrar called the father of Sanger genomic era.