Severo Ochoa is best known for being the first to synthesize ribonucleic acid (RNA) outside the cell. He also discovered several important metabolic processes. For his work with RNA he received half the 1959 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. (Shared with Arthur Kornberg - US).
born in SPAIN 1905
immigrated to US 1941
became US citizen 1956
2nd Spaniard to become a Nobel winner in science. Ochoa's scientific hero, Santiago Ramon y Cajal, was the first in 1906.
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