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Born: April 10, 1927
Died: January 15, 2010

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"Breaking the genetic code!

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- Nirenberg was born in New York.
- When he was 12 he and his family moved to Florida.
- He had an early interest in biology after having  rheumatic fever.

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- In 1961, Nirenberg discovered the first "triplet";a sequence of three bases of DNA that codes for one of the twenty amino acids that serve as the building blocks of proteins.

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- Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine.
- Franklin Medal.
- NAS Award in Molecular Biology.
- Gairdner Foundation International Award.
- Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize.
- Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research.
- National Medal of Science for Biological Science.

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- Marshall was a Jewish American biochemist and geneticist.

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"One individual alone creates only a note or so that blends with those produced by others."

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- In 1945, Nirenberg graduated from High School and enrolled at the University of Florida in Gainesville.
- He earned his Bachelors of Science degree in zoology and chemistry and 1948.
- In 1957 Nirenberg received his Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Michigan.