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Severo Ochoa de Albornoz, born in 1905 in Asturias, Spain, was a pioneering biochemist who significantly contributed to enzymology and the study of nucleic acids. Educated in Spain and Germany, he fled Spain during the Civil War, continuing his research in the UK and the US. Ochoa’s work in the New York led to crucial discoveries in oxidative phosphorylation and the synthesis of RNA nucleic acid, earning him the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1959 alongside Arthur Kornberg. His work dephicering the genetic code is remarkable. Ochoa played a pivotal role in promoting biochemistry in Spain and contributed to establishing key scientific institutions, including the Severo Ochoa Molecular Biology Center.

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Severo Ochoa y Albornoz: Discovering Enzymes and the Genetic Code and Founding the Spanish Society of Biochemistry

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    2026年

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  • Inmaculada Yruela Guerrero

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Severo Ochoa de Albornoz, born in 1905 in Asturias, Spain, was a pioneering biochemist who significantly contributed to enzymology and the study of nucleic acids. Educated in Spain and Germany, he fled Spain during the Civil War, continuing his research in the UK and the US. Ochoa’s work in the New York led to crucial discoveries in oxidative phosphorylation and the synthesis of RNA nucleic acid, earning him the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1959 alongside Arthur Kornberg. His work dephicering the genetic code is remarkable. Ochoa played a pivotal role in promoting biochemistry in Spain and contributed to establishing key scientific institutions, including the Severo Ochoa Molecular Biology Center.