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- NAME: Severo Ochoa
- OCCUPATION: Academic, Chemist
- BIRTH DATE: September 24, 1905
- DEATH DATE: November 01, 1993
- EDUCATION: University of Madrid, University of Heidelberg
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Luarca, Asturias, Spain
- PLACE OF DEATH: Madrid, Spain
- Full Name: Severo Ochoa de Albornoz
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Severo Ochoa was co-awarded the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering an enzyme in bacteria that enables the synthesis of RNA.
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Severo Ochoa was a Spanish-born U.S. scientist. After studying at the University of Madrid, he spent two years studying muscles. He later immigrated to the U.S. and worked in pharmacology. In 1959, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering an enzyme that enables the synthesis of RNA, enabling scientists to recreate the cell process which translates hereditary genes.© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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