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Biochemist; Nobel laureate in chemistry for mechanistic studies of DNA repair
Turkey / United States · b. 1946
Biochemist at the University of North Carolina who mapped the nucleotide excision repair mechanism by which cells correct ultraviolet damage to DNA. Shared the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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I am of course honoured to get this recognition for all the work I’ve done over the years, but I’m also proud for my family and for my native country and my adopted country, and especially for Turkey it’s quite important.
Recorded Adam Smith, Telephone interview following the announcement of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, The Nobel Prize, 7 October 2015 source ↗
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