The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1946
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James Batcheller Sumner
Prize share: 1/2
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John Howard Northrop
Prize share: 1/4
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Wendell Meredith Stanley
Prize share: 1/4
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1946 was divided, one half awarded to James Batcheller Sumner "for his discovery that enzymes can be crystallized", the other half jointly to John Howard Northrop and Wendell Meredith Stanley "for their preparation of enzymes and virus proteins in a pure form."
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