Sang·er (s ng  r), Frederick Born 1918. British biochemist. He won a 1958 Nobel Prize for determining the order of amino acids in the insulin molecule and shared a 1980 Nobel Prize for developing methods for mapping the structure and function of DNA. |
| Sanger, Margaret Higgins 1879-1966. American nurse who campaigned widely for birth control and founded (1929) the organization that became the Planned Parenthood Federation (1942). |
sanger [ˈsæŋə]
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(Cookery) Austral slang a sandwich Also called sango
Sanger [ˈsæŋə]
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1. (Biographies / Sanger, Frederick (1918 M, English, SCIENCE: chemist) Frederick. born 1918, English biochemist, who determined the molecular structure of insulin: awarded two Nobel prizes for chemistry (1958; 1980)
2. (Biographies / Sanger, Margaret (Higgins) (1883-1966) F, US, POLITICS: birth-control campaigner) Margaret (Higgins). 1883-1966, US leader of the birth- control movement
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| Noun | 1. | Sanger - English biochemist who determined the sequence of amino acids in insulin and who invented a technique to determine the genetic sequence of an organism (born in 1918) |
| 2. |  Sanger - United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood; she challenged Gregory Pincus to develop a birth control pill (1883-1966) |
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