Frederick Sanger's Work In Biology

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Frederick Sanger was a very important scientist, considered one of the most important biochemists of all time. Born on August 13, 1918, in Rendcombe, England, (biography.com) Frederick Sanger was born the son of Frederick and Cecile Sanger. He studied at the University of Cambridge, and after graduating, continued his scientific research there, working there since 1940. After working for many years at Cambridge and earning numerous awards, he died November 13, 2013 due to natural causes.(nobelprize.org)

Frederick Sanger did much work in biology, specifically in the structure of insulin and the sequence of amino acids of proteins inside our bodies. He studied the insulin molecule, seeing the amino acids and seeing how the chains all

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