Irwin Rose
American biologist (1926-2015)
Irwin A. Rose (July 16, 1926 – June 2, 2015) was an American biologist. He was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, along with Aaron Ciechanover and Avram Hershko, for the discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation.
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Rose was born in Brooklyn, New York to a Jewish family. He was married to Zelda Budenstein and had four children.
Rose died on June 2, 2015 in Deerfield, Massachusetts, aged 88.[1]
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- ↑ "Irwin A. Rose, Nobel-Winning Biochemist, Dies at 88". The New York Times. June 2, 2015. Retrieved June 3, 2015.