Sidney Fox
Sidney Fox · Science & Medicine
Biochemist known for research on the origin of life and the formation of proteinoid microspheres.
1912, Los Angeles, United States — 1998, Mobile, United States
United States
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Sidney W. Fox was a biochemist known for research on the chemical origin of life, showing that dry amino acids heated together form protein-like polymers he called 'proteinoids,' which in water self-assemble into cell-like microspheres. His work became a touchstone in origin-of-life science. He is listed among scientists of Jewish descent in Jewish biographical registries; mainstream encyclopedias do not detail his religious background.
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Biochemist known for research on the origin of life and the formation of proteinoid microspheres.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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