Robert F. Furchgott

Robert F. Furchgott
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Born
Robert Francis Furchgott

June 4, 1916 (1916-06-04)
DiedMay 19, 2009(2009-05-19) (aged 92)
Education
Known forRecognition of nitric oxide as a cellular signal
Spouse(s)Lenore Mandelbaum (19411983; her death; 3 children)
Margaret Gallagher Roth (?2006; her death)
AwardsNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1998
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry
Institutions
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Robert Francis Furchgott (June 4, 1916 May 19, 2009) was an American Nobel Prize winning biochemist who contributed to the discovery of nitric oxide as a transient cellular signal in mammalian systems.