Mildred Cohn
Mildred Cohn · Science & Medicine
Biochemist who pioneered the use of isotopes and NMR to study enzyme reactions.
1913, New York City, USA — 2009, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
United States
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Mildred Cohn was born in New York to Russian Jewish immigrant parents. A pioneering biochemist and biophysicist, she used isotopic tracers and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to study the mechanisms of enzyme-catalyzed reactions, notably those involving ATP. She overcame gender and religious discrimination to win the National Medal of Science in 1982.
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Biochemist who pioneered the use of isotopes and NMR to study enzyme reactions.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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