Title:

Principal Scientist

Affiliation:

Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology

Shrewsbury,Massachusetts  USA

Gender:

Male

Year Deceased:

2009

Award Discipline:

Biological Sciences

Award Year:

1991

Citation:

"For his pioneering research of protein biosynthesis, opening the door to biochemical attack, and paving the way for dissection of the genetic code; and for introducing the concept and method of antisense DNA as an approach to viral gene inhibition and chemotherapy."

Presented by President Bush at a White House Rose Garden Ceremony on September 16, 1991.