American biochemist R. Bruce Merrifield is recognized as a leading figure in peptide research. He was awarded the 1984 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his development of an automated laboratory technique...
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R. Bruce Merrifield was born July 15, 1921, in Fort Worth, Texas, the only son of George E. and Lorene Lucas Merrifield. In high school, Merrifield became interested in science, especially chemistry a...
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