Cohen

Co·hen

 (kō′ən), Stanley Born 1922.

American biochemist who shared a 1986 Nobel Prize for identifying a protein that promotes nerve cell growth.

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Cohen

, Stanley Norman Born 1935.

American physician and geneticist whose work with Herbert Boyer on bacterial plasmids laid the groundwork for the development of genetic engineering.

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Cohen

(ˈkəʊən)

n

1. (Biography) Leonard. born 1934, Canadian singer, songwriter, and poet; recordings include Songs of Leonard Cohen (1968), Songs of Love and Hate (1971), I'm Your Man (1988), and Ten New Songs (2001)

2. (Biography) Stanley. born 1922, US biochemist: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1986

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Cohen

(kɒˈhɛn; kɔɪn)

n

(Judaism) a variant spelling of Kohen

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Co•hen

(ˈkoʊ ən, koʊˈhɛn)

n., pl. Co•ha•nim (ˌkoʊ hɑˈnim) Co•hens.

a member of the Jewish priestly class descended from Aaron, now having honorific duties and prerogatives.

[< Hebrew kōhēn priest]

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