Stanford Moore Biography

This Biography consists of approximately 4 pages of information about the life of Stanford Moore.

Stanford Moore Biography

This Biography consists of approximately 4 pages of information about the life of Stanford Moore.
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Stanford Moore's work in protein chemistry greatly advanced understanding of the composition of enzymes, the complex proteins that serve as catalysts for countless biochemical processes. Moore's research focused on the relationship between the chemical structure of proteins, which are made up of strings of amino acids, and their biological action. In 1972 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry with longtime collaborator William Howard Stein for providing the first complete decoding of the chemical composition of an enzyme, ribonuclease (RNase). This discovery provided scientists with insight into cell activity and function, which has had important implications for medical research.

Moore was born on September 4, 1913, in Chicago, Illinois, but spent most of his childhood in Nashville, Tennessee, where his father, John Howard Moore, was a professor at Vanderbilt University's School of Law. His mother was the former Ruth Fowler. In 1935 Moore earned a B.A. in chemistry from Vanderbilt...

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