The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1998
Awarded on: 1998-10-12
"for their discoveries concerning nitric oxide as a signalling molecule in the cardiovascular system"
Affiliations:
- SUNY Health Science Center – Brooklyn, NY, USA
Robert F. Furchgott
Born: 1916-06-04 in Charleston, SC, USA
Gender: male
Field: American biochemist (1916–2009)
Biography
Robert Francis Furchgott was an American biochemist winning Nobel Prize who contributed to the discovery of nitric oxide as a transient cellular signal in mammalian systems.