Robert F. Furchgott
Robert F. Furchgott
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1998
Nobel co-recipients: Louis J. Ignarro, Ferid Murad
Name: Robert F. Furchgott
Birth: 4 June 1916, Charleston, SC, USA
Death: 19 May 2009, Seattle, WA, USA
Institution: SUNY Health Science Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Award: “for their discoveries concerning nitric oxide as a signalling molecule in the cardiovascular system.”
Portion of Cash: 1/3
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Bill Clinton meets the 1998 Nobel Prize Awardees in the White House. From left: Ferid Murad, Medicine; Louis Ignarro, Medicine; Daniel Tsui, Physics; Robert Furchgott,
Medicine; Bill Clinton, The President; John Pople, Chemistry; Horst L. Störmer, Physics; Robert Laughlin, Physics
Author: The White House
Dr. Robert F. Furchgott. Photo by J.A. Zubrovich, SUNY Downstate Med Ctr. Wikipedia, Creative commons.