Chemist no. 123 of 350 · Biochemistry

Wendell Meredith Stanley

1904-1971United StatesNobel Chemistry 1946

Crystallization of tobacco mosaic virus

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Wendell Stanley and the Crystals of a Virus: When Chemistry Met Life

How Wendell Stanley crystallised tobacco mosaic virus in 1935, blurring the line between chemistry and life. Explained for JAM, NET and GATE students.

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Biography

Wendell Meredith Stanley: The Chemist Who Crystallised a Virus

Life of Wendell Meredith Stanley, American biochemist who crystallised tobacco mosaic virus and shared the 1946 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Career and legacy.

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