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Thomas Cech

Scientist · born December 8, 1947

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Thomas Robert Cech{{efn|Pronounced "check" is an American chemist who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Sidney Altman “for their discovery of catalytic properties of RNA.”

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  1. ~38Named Guggenheim Fellowship1985
  2. ~41Received the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research1988
  3. ~41Received the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize1988
  4. ~42Received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry1989
  5. ~48Received the National Medal of Science1995

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