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Who did Frederick Sanger share the 1980 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with?

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  • Walter Gilbert and Paul Berg

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Frederick Sanger shared the 1980 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Walter Gilbert and Paul Berg for their contributions to understanding the structure and function of DNA. Sanger developed a method for sequencing DNA, while Gilbert and Berg developed methods for splicing DNA. Their work laid the foundation for the modern understanding of genetics and led to the development of genetic engineering.
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