During what decade did Goldstein do his Nobel Prize-winning research?
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Goldstein received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1985, for his discovery of the role of the enzyme phosphorylase kinase in glycogenolysis, the breakdown of glycogen. The enzyme was discovered by Goldstein and his colleagues in the early 1970s, and the discovery led to a greater understanding of how the body stores and uses energy.
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