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Sir Ernst Boris Chain FRS FRSA [2] (19 June 1906 – 12 August 1979) was a German-born British biochemist and co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on penicillin. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] Life and career.
- German (until 1939), British (from 1939)
- Discovery of penicillin
Sir Ernst Boris Chain (born June 19, 1906, Berlin, Ger.—died Aug. 12, 1979, Mulrany, Ire.) was a German-born British biochemist who, with pathologist Howard Walter Florey, isolated and purified penicillin (which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming) and performed the first clinical trials of the antibiotic.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Howard Walter Florey (1898–1968) and Ernst Boris Chain (1906–1979) were the scientists who followed up most successfully on Alexander Fleming’s discovery of penicillin, sharing with him the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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Jan 20, 2021 · In November 1945, Chain’s great contribution to science was celebrated when, along with Howard Florey, and Alexander Fleming, the original discoverer of penicillin, Chain was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine.
Jun 27, 2018 · Chain, Sir Ernst Boris (1906–79) British biochemist, b. Germany. He shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine with Howard Florey and Alexander Fleming for the isolation and development of penicillin as an antibiotic. He also studied spreading factor, an enzyme that aids the dispersal of fluids in tissue.
Ernst Boris Chain. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1945 for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases, shared with Sir Alexander Fleming and Sir Howard Walter Florey. Department of Biochemistry PhD student (1933-1935).
Sir Ernst Boris Chain FRS FRSA was a German-born British biochemist best known for being a co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on penicillin.
