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Arthur Kornberg (March 3, 1918 – October 26, 2007) was an American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1959 for the discovery of "the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of ribonucleic acid and deoxyribonucleic acid " together with Spanish biochemist and physician Severo Ochoa of New York University.
Oct 26, 2007 · Arthur Kornberg The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1959 . Born: 3 March 1918, Brooklyn, NY, USA . Died: 26 October 2007, Stanford, CA, USA . Affiliation at the time of the award: Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
Arthur Kornberg was an American biochemist and physician who received (with Severo Ochoa) the 1959 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discovering the means by which deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) molecules are duplicated in the bacterial cell, as well as the means for reconstructing this.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Dec 5, 2007 · Arthur Kornberg was one of the greatest biochemists of the twentieth century. His career spanned more than 60 years, and such has been the impact of his work on modern biomedical...
- Tania A. Baker
- 2007
Learn about the life and achievements of Arthur Kornberg, a Nobel laureate in molecular biology who made groundbreaking discoveries on DNA synthesis and replication. Explore his early interest in enzymes, his military service, his academic career, and his contributions to biotechnology.
Jul 23, 1997 · by Arthur Kornberg. 1959 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine. The pursuit of curiosity about the basic facts of nature has proven, with few exceptions throughout the history of medical science, to be the route by which the successful drugs and devices of modern medicine were discovered.
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Arthur Kornberg was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1918 and educated in its public schools. He received his undergraduate degree in science from the City College of New York in 1937 and the M.D. degree from the University of Rochester in 1941.
