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Philip Cohen

Who

Philip Cohen · Science & Medicine

What

Biochemist who elucidated protein phosphorylation as a central mechanism of cellular regulation.

When

1945, London, England

Where

United Kingdom

Biography

Philip Cohen is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Biochemist who elucidated protein phosphorylation as a central mechanism of cellular regulation.

How & why

Sir Philip Cohen is a British biochemist whose research established protein phosphorylation, carried out by protein kinases and phosphatases, as a central mechanism regulating cell life, work that underpins many modern targeted drugs. He was born into a Jewish family in London and is Jewish.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology

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Biochemist who elucidated protein phosphorylation as a central mechanism of cellular regulation.

1945

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology