The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1978
Awarded on: 1978-10-12
"for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to problems of molecular genetics"
Affiliations:
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine – Baltimore, MD, USA
Daniel Nathans
Born: 1928-10-30 in Wilmington, DE, USA
Gender: male
Field: American microbiologist
Biography
Daniel Nathans was an American microbiologist. He shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application in restriction mapping.