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Sanger

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Noun

1. fred sanger, frederick sanger, 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. margaret higgins sanger, margaret sanger, 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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Sanger

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noun
Australian slang
a sandwich
. Also called: sango
noun
1. 
Frederick. 1918–2013, English biochemist, who determined the molecular structure of insulin: awarded two Nobel prizes for chemistry (1958; 1980)
2. 
Margaret (Higgins). 1883–1966, US leader of the birth-control movement

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Sanger

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1. 
Frederick1918- ; Brit. biochemist
2. 
Margaret(born Margaret Higgins) 1883-1966; U.S. nurse: leader in birth-control education

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Sanger

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American nurse who campaigned widely for birth control and founded (1921) the organization that became the Planned Parenthood Federation (1942).
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 a method for sequencing DNA molecules.

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