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Henrik Dam
Dam, Henrik (1895-1976), a Danish biochemist, discovered vitamin K, which gives the blood the ability to clot.
DANISH BIOLOGISTS
Danish biologists have contributed some of biology's greatest findings. With the increasing importance of genetics, conservation and microbiology, Danish biologists may yet discover some of nature's most amazing secrets.
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Henrik DamDam, Henrik (1895-1976), a Danish biochemist, discovered vitamin K, which gives the blood the ability to clot. See more »
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Jens Christian Skou
Skou, Jens Christian (1918-) is a Danish physiologist who won half the 1997 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his pioneering work on an enzyme (a substance that speeds up chemical reactions in living cells) involved in the process of energy conversion in living organisms. See more »
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Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger
Fibiger, Johannes Andreas Grib (1867-1928) was a Danish pathologist and bacteriologist who did early work on diphtheria and tuberculosis and proved that medical research could play a decisive role in public health. See more »
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Schack August Steenberg Krogh
Krogh, Schack August Steenberg (1874-1949) was a Danish physiologist and zoologist who won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine in 1920 for his discoveries regarding the regulating mechanisms of the small blood vessels, or capillaries. See more »
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