Ernst Chain
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Born on 19th of June 1906
Died on 12th of August 1979

Born 1906 - Berlin. Died 1979 - Biochemist and Nobel Prize winner.


Studied physiology and chemistry at Berlin, taught biochemistry in Cambridge. Identified enzyme in snake venom which causes paralysis. Discovered penicillin was a small molecule not an enzyme. Shared 1945 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine with Alexander Fleming. Elected FRS in 1949 and knighted in 1969.

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http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1945/chain Biography

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