Severo Ochoa Biography

Severo Ochoa biography

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NAME: Severo Ochoa de Albornoz
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

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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.