ORGANIZATION

Founded 1906 by members of the American Physiological Society.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Paul Berg	Chemist	30-Jun-1926		Pioneer in recombinant DNA
Sune K. Bergström	Scientist	10-Jan-1916	15-Aug-2004	Prostaglandins
Konrad Bloch	Scientist	21-Jan-1912	15-Oct-2000	Cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism
Paul D. Boyer	Chemist	31-Jul-1918		ATP process
Michael S. Brown	Biologist	13-Apr-1941		Metabolism of cholesterol
Carl Cori	Scientist	5-Dec-1896	20-Oct-1984	Catalytic conversion of glycogen
Gerty Cori	Scientist	15-Aug-1896	26-Oct-1967	Catalytic conversion of glycogen
Edward A. Doisy	Scientist	3-Nov-1893	23-Oct-1986	Chemical structure of Vitamin K
Gerald M. Edelman	Scientist	1-Jul-1929		Chemical structure of antibodies
Gertrude B. Elion	Scientist	23-Jan-1918	21-Feb-1999	Developed medicines for leukemia, herpes, AIDS
Paul A. Friedman	Business	c. 1942		CEO of Incyte
Joseph L. Goldstein	Scientist	18-Apr-1940		Hypercholesterolemia and cell metabolism
Robert W. Holley	Scientist	28-Jan-1922	11-Feb-1993	RNA's role in protein synthesis
Edward C. Kendall	Scientist	8-Sep-1886	4-May-1972	Adrenocortical hormones
Arthur Kornberg	Scientist	3-Mar-1918	26-Oct-2007	Synthesized DNA
William D. McElroy	Biologist	22-Jan-1917	17-Feb-1999	Bioluminescence
Phillip A. Sharp	Biologist	6-Jun-1944		Eukaryotic (split) genes
Carolyn W. Slayman	Business	c. 1936		Genetics professor at Yale
Earl W. Sutherland, Jr.	Scientist	19-Nov-1915	9-Mar-1974	Hormones mechanisms (cyclic AMP)
George Wald	Biologist	18-Nov-1906	12-Apr-1997	Physiology of the retina

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