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Edward Adelbert Doisy was an American biochemist who lived from 1893 to 1986 and made significant contributions to understanding biochemical processes. His work was important enough to earn recognition in the scientific community during the 20th century.
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- 1893
- Died
- 1986
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- 4
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- The ovarian follicular hormone
- Micro methods for sodium, potassium and chlorine in tissue analysis
- Perspectives in biological chemistry
- Perspectives in biological chemistry
- Sex hormones
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- Equation of State Calculations by Fast Computing Machines
· 1953 · cited 29,665x
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Edward Adelbert Doisy (November 13, 1893 – October 23, 1986) was an American biochemist. He received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1943 with Henrik Dam for their discovery of vitamin K (K from "Koagulations-Vitamin" in German) and its chemical structure.
Doisy was born in Hume, Illinois, on November 13, 1893. He completed his A.B. degree in 1914 and his M.S. degree in 1916 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He completed his Ph.D. in 1920 from Harvard University.
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