Du Vigneaud, Vincent

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Du Vigneaud, Vincent
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(1901–1978). An American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1955. His work involved the study of the metabolism of biologically significant sulfur compounds which led to the finding of transmethylation in mammalian metabolism. He isolated and proved the structure of the vitamin biotin, and synthesized penicillin, oxytocin, and the vasopressin hormone of the posterior pituitary. His education was at Rochester, Yale, St. Louis, and George Washington Universities.