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Arthur Kornberg (March 3, 1918 – October 26, 2007) was an American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1959 for the discovery of "the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of ribonucleic acid and deoxyribonucleic acid" together with Spanish biochemist and physician Severo Ochoa of New York University.
Biographical. Arthur Kornberg was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1918 and educated in its public schools. He received his undergraduate degree in science from the City College of New York in 1937 and the M.D. degree from the University of Rochester in 1941.
Arthur Kornberg, who had founded the department, had discovered DNA polymerase, together with his then–postdoctoral fellow, Bob Lehman (also on the Stanford biochemistry faculty), and had won...
Arthur Kornberg + Stanford University + Emeritus. An American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize. in Physiology / Medicine in 1959. 1951 Paul Lewis Award.
Oct 30, 2007 · Arthur Kornberg, winner of the 1959 Nobel Prize for his work elucidating how DNA is built, died Oct. 26 at Stanford Hospital of respiratory failure. He was 89. 'Dr. Kornberg was one of the most distinguished and remarkable scientists in American medicine,' said Philip Pizzo, dean of the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Dec 5, 2007 · Arthur Kornberg was one of the greatest biochemists of the twentieth century. His career spanned more than 60 years, and such has been the impact of his work on modern biomedical science that...
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Kornberg turned instead to some of the smallest bacterial viruses (phages), such as the phi X174 and M13 viruses of E. coli, for his study. With their comparatively short DNA strands, these viruses are easier to keep intact during handling, and their biological activity is easy to observe.
