Ernst Chain
Sir Ernst Boris Chain was a German-born British biochemist. He shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Alexander Fleming and Howard Florey "for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases".
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- Born in
- Berlin
- Educated at
- Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinImperial College School of Medicine
- Awards
- 🏆 doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris🏆 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine🏆 Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize🏆 Knight Bachelor🏆 Commander of the Legion of Honour
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1906
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