George Wells Beadle
Nobel Prize laureate in Medicine 1958
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George Wells Beadle, born on October 22, 1903, in Wahoo, Nebraska, was an American biologist known for his fundamental contributions to genetics. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1958 for his discovery that genes act by regulating specific chemical events. His work was essential in understanding the role of genes in the development and functioning of living organisms. Beadle passed away on June 9, 1989.
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- Who is George Wells Beadle?
- George Wells Beadle, born on October 22, 1903, in Wahoo, Nebraska, was an American biologist known for his fundamental contributions to genetics. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1958 for his discovery that genes act by regulating specific chemical events. His work was essential in understanding the role of genes in the development and functioning of living organisms. Beadle passed away on June 9, 1989.
- In what year did George Wells Beadle win the Nobel Prize?
- 1958 — Medicine