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Robert Francis Furchgott (June 4, 1916 – May 19, 2009) was a Nobel Prize -winning American biochemist who contributed to the discovery of nitric oxide as a transient cellular signal in mammalian systems.
May 15, 2024 · nitric oxide. Robert F. Furchgott (born June 4, 1916, Charleston, S.C., U.S.—died May 19, 2009, Seattle, Wash.) was an American pharmacologist who, along with Louis J. Ignarro and Ferid Murad, was co-awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that nitric oxide (NO) acts as a signaling molecule in the ...
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Jul 1, 2009 · On 19 May 2009, Robert Furchgott, whose research was most influential in leading to the discovery that NO is EDRF, died peacefully in Seattle, Washington, aged 92. Bob, as he was known to...
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Oct 14, 2009 · Robert F. Furchgott, pharmacologist and joint winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology (1998) died on the 12th of May 2009 aged 92. By unlocking the astonishingly diverse biological act...
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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1998 was awarded jointly to Robert F. Furchgott, Louis J. Ignarro and Ferid Murad "for their discoveries concerning nitric oxide as a signalling molecule in the cardiovascular system".
May 23, 2009 · May 22, 2009. Robert F. Furchgott, a pharmacologist whose work with the gas nitric oxide opened new vistas of research in cardiovascular functions, helped lead to the development of Viagra,...
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Aug 13, 2009 · Robert F. Furchgott, pharmacologist and joint winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology (1998) died on the 12th of May 2009 aged 92.
