Severo Ochoa | |
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Born | Severo Ochoa de Albornoz 24 September 1905 |
Died | 1 November 1993 | (aged 88)
Citizenship | Spanish (1905–1956), American (1956–1993) |
Known for | Discovery of mechanisms in the biological synthesis of RNA and DNA |
Spouse | Carmen Garcia Cobian[1] |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Biochemistry, molecular biology |
Institutions | New York University Grossman School of Medicine Washington University School of Medicine |
Severo Ochoa de Albornoz (Spanish: [seˈβeɾo oˈtʃoa ðe alβoɾˈnoθ]; 24 September 1905 – 1 November 1993) was a Spanish physician and biochemist, and winner of the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine together with Arthur Kornberg for their discovery of "the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)".[2][3][4][5]