Vincent du Vigneaud (May 18, 1901 – December 11, 1978) was an American biochemist. He won the 1955 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his work on biochemically important sulphur compounds, especially for the first synthesis of a polypeptide hormone," a reference to his work on the cyclic peptide oxytocin.
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18 May 1901 Chicago, Illinois, USA
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11 December 1978 (aged 77) White Plains, New York, USA
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Zodiac | Taurus |
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