1935 ⟶ Wendell Stanley crystallizes the tobacco mosaic virus
Wendell Stanley crystallized the tobacco mosaic virus.
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🧬 Phoebus Levene Discovers Deoxyribose in Nucleic Acids
Phoebus Levene discovered the sugar deoxyribose in nucleic acids.⟶
BiologyBiochemistryNucleic AcidsDeoxyribosePhoebus LeveneMolecular BiologyGenetics20th Century
United States🦠 Wendell Stanley crystallizes the tobacco mosaic virus
VirologyVirusesWendell StanleyCrystallographyMolecular Biology20th CenturyBiochemistryProtein Structure
United States🧪 Rudolf Schoenheimer uses deuterium to trace fat storage in rats
Rudolf Schoenheimer used deuterium as a tracer to examine the fat storage system of rats.⟶
BiochemistryIsotopesRudolf SchoenheimerMetabolismFat MetabolismTracersExperimental Techniques20th Century
Germany🧬 Nobel Prize for Hemoglobin and Myoglobin Structure
Max Perutz and John Kendrew shared the Nobel prize for their work on the structure of hemoglobin and myoglobin.⟶
Nobel PrizeBiochemistryMolecular BiologyProtein StructureHemoglobinMyoglobinX-ray CrystallographyStructural Biology
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🦠 Stanley Prusiner Proposes the Existence of Prions
Stanley B. Prusiner proposed the existence of infectious proteins, or prions. His idea is widely derided in the scientific community, but he wins a Nobel Prize in 1997.⟶
PrionsProtein MisfoldingStanley PrusinerNeurodegenerative DiseasesMolecular Biology1980sBiochemistryNobel Prize
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