Born 28 Jan 1922; died 11 Feb 1993 at age 71.
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#Robert William Holley was an American #biochemist who shared the 1968 #NobelPrize in #Physiology or #Medicine (with Marshall Warren Nirenberg and #HarGobindKhorana). The three scientists independently conducted research that helped to decipher the genetic code chemically and explain how the #genetic information stored in the #DNA of a cell controls the #synthesis of #proteins, the building blocks of #cells.
