H. Gobind Khorana, 1968 Nobel Winner for RNA Research, Dies. His death was announced by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where Dr. Khorana was a professor emeritus. Dr. Khorana, who received his early schooling from his village teacher under a tree, advanced his education through scholarships and fellowships to become an authority on the chemical synthesis of proteins and nucleic acids, the large molecules in cells that carry genetic information.
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