Rodney Robert Porter, English Biochemist

Rodney Robert Porter (October 8, 1917 - September 6, 1985) was an English biochemist. He worked for the National Institute for Medical Research from 1949 until1960 before joining St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, and becoming the Pfizer Professor of Immunology. In 1967 he was appointed Whitley Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Oxford. In 1972, Porter shared the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology with Gerald M. Edelman for determining the chemical structure of an antibody. Using the enzyme papain, he broke the blood's immuno-globin into fragments, making them easier to study. He also looked into how the blood's immunoglobins react with cellular surfaces. He died in a road accident in 1985 at the age of 67

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