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Date of Birth
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06-April-1920
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Place of Birth
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Shanghai
(China)
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Nationality
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United States of America, Switzerland
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Also know as
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Edmond Fischer, Edmond Henri Fischer
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Profession
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Chemist
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Edmond Henri Fischer is a Swiss American biochemist. He and his collaborator Edwin G. Krebs were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1992 for describing how reversible phosphorylation works as a switch to activate proteins and regulate various cellular processes. Since 2007, he has been the Honorary President of the World Cultural Council.
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