Frederick Sanger

British biochemist (1918–2013)

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Frederick Sanger was a British biochemist who won two Nobel Prizes for developing groundbreaking methods to determine the structure of biological molecules—first for mapping the structure of insulin, and later for inventing DNA sequencing techniques. His work laid the foundation for modern molecular biology and genetics, making it possible for scientists to read and understand the genetic instructions contained in living organisms.

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Selected Papers of Frederick Sanger (with Commentaries)
Selected Papers of Frederick Sanger

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Origin: United Kingdom

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DNA sequencing with chain-terminating inhibitors
· 1977 · cited 41,906x
A New Equation to Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate
· 2009 · cited 22,270x
Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,517x
A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,371x
Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis
· 2022 · cited 13,060x

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Number of children: 3

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Commons category: Frederick Sanger
date of birth: 1918-08-13
date of death: 2013-11-19
name in native language: Frederick Sanger

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Frederick Sanger (/ˈsæŋər/; 13 August 1918 – 19 November 2013) was a British biochemist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry twice.

He won the 1958 Chemistry Prize for determining the amino acid sequence of insulin and numerous other proteins, demonstrating in the process that each had a unique, definite structure; this was a foundational discovery for the central dogma of molecular biology.