Konrad Emil Bloch | |
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Born | 21 January 1912 |
Died | 15 October 2000 | (aged 88)
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Awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1964) Ernest Guenther Award (1965) |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | University of Chicago |
Konrad Emil Bloch ForMemRS[1] (German pronunciation: [ˈkɔnʁaːt ˈblɔx] ; 21 January 1912 – 15 October 2000) was a German-American biochemist. Bloch received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1964 (joint with Feodor Lynen) for discoveries concerning the mechanism and regulation of the cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism.[2]