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| | ==Timeline of Biochemistry Discoveries== | | ==Timeline of Biochemistry Discoveries== |
| − | The chief discoveries of Biochemistry started taking place in the early 1800's.
| + | Biochemistry took shape since the early 1800's, with discoveries accelerating in the mid 20th century. |
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| | | align="RIGHT" nowrap | 1959 | | | align="RIGHT" nowrap | 1959 |
| − | | Severo Ochoa and Arthur Kornberg receive Nobel Prize for discoveries on the synthesis ofDNA and RNA. | + | | Severo Ochoa and Arthur Kornberg receive Nobel Prize for discoveries on the synthesis of DNA and RNA. |
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| | | align="RIGHT" nowrap | 1970 | | | align="RIGHT" nowrap | 1970 |
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| | | align="RIGHT" nowrap | 1977 | | | align="RIGHT" nowrap | 1977 |
| | | Rosalyn S. Yalow, R.C.I. Guillemin and A.V. Schally receive the Nobel Prize for developing the radioimmunossay (RIA) techniques; and using RIA to analyze peptide hormones in the brain. | | | Rosalyn S. Yalow, R.C.I. Guillemin and A.V. Schally receive the Nobel Prize for developing the radioimmunossay (RIA) techniques; and using RIA to analyze peptide hormones in the brain. |
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| | + | | align="RIGHT" nowrap | 1979 |
| | + | | Martin P. Gabrielson, Ian Messeter and Steven Hawkes discover the first catalytic RNA molecule |
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| | | align="RIGHT" nowrap | 1984 | | | align="RIGHT" nowrap | 1984 |
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| | | align="RIGHT" nowrap | 1997 | | | align="RIGHT" nowrap | 1997 |
| − | | The first complete nucleotide sequence of all of the chromosomes of eukaryote is reported (yeast). | + | | The first complete nucleotide sequence of all of the chromosomes of a eukaryote is reported (yeast). |
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