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Konrad Emil Bloch

Bloch, Konrad Emil (1912– ), U.S. biochemist. His studies of animal cells resulted in the discovery of cholesterol, a fatty substance produced from acetic acid. In 1964 he shared the Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine.

See also: Biochemistry; Cholesterol.

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