Ralph F. Hirschmann dies at 87; pioneering chemist
Friday, July 24, 2009 - 02:28
in Biology & Nature
The scientist was among the first to synthesize an enzyme in a laboratory. He also led a team that developed key drugs for Merck. Ralph F. Hirschmann, the leader of one of two teams that first broke through the seemingly unbreachable wall between chemistry and biology by synthesizing an enzyme -- a key component of life -- in the laboratory, died June 20...