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Encyclopedia > Ernst Chain

Sir Ernst Boris Chain (June 19, 1906 - August 12, 1979) was a German-born British biochemist, and a 1945 co-recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his work on penicillin.


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  • A biography at Nobel Museum site (http://www.nobel.se/medicine/laureates/1945/chain-bio.html)

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Ernst Boris Chain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (402 words)
Sir Ernst Boris Chain (June 19, 1906 – August 12, 1979) was a German-born British biochemist, and a 1945 co-recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his work on penicillin.
After the Nazis came to power, Chain knew that he, being a Jew, would no longer be safe in Germany.
Chain and Florey went on to discover penicillin's theraputic action and its chemical composition.
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