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Roger Kornberg's father also won a Nobel Prize. What's his name?

  • Thomas Kornberg

  • David Kornberg

  • Arthur Kornberg

  • Michael Kornberg

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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to the biochemist Arthur Kornberg in 1959. His research focused on DNA replication, and he was honored for discovering how information is transferred from DNA to RNA during protein creation, a process he termed "the Kornberg cycle." His work advanced the field of molecular biology and genetics, laying the groundwork for future advances.
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