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          In he joined Ephraim Shorr's group at Cornell University Medical School in New York City, where he spent nine years focusing on cardiovascular research..

          Robert F. Furchgott, pharmacologist and joint winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology () died on the 12th of May aged

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        2. In he joined Ephraim Shorr's group at Cornell University Medical School in New York City, where he spent nine years focusing on cardiovascular research.
        3. Robert Furchgott was first noted for research on drug–receptor theory, autonomic neuroeffector mechanisms, and vascular pharmacology/physiology.
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          5. Robert F. Furchgott

          American biochemist (1916–2009)

          Robert Francis Furchgott (June 4, 1916 – May 19, 2009) was an American biochemist winning Nobel Prize who contributed to the discovery of nitric oxide as a transient cellular signal in mammalian systems.

          Early life and education

          Furchgott was born in Charleston, South Carolina, to Arthur Furchgott (December 1884 – January 1971), a department store owner, and Pena (Sorentrue) Furchgott. He graduated with from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1937 with a degree in chemistry and went on to earn a Ph.D in biochemistry at Northwestern University in 1940.[1]

          Career

          Furchgott was faculty member and professor of pharmacology at Cornell University Medical College from 1940 to 1949, at Washington University School of Medicine from 1949 to 1956, at SUNY Brooklyn from 1956 to 1989, and at the University of Miami from 1989 through the end of his career.

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