When did Max Perutz win the Copley Medal?
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Max Perutz won the Copley Medal in 1979. This was for his work on the structure of hemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying protein in red blood cells. He shared the award with John Kendrew, who worked on the structure of myoglobin, another oxygen-carrying protein. Perutz's work helped to explain how hemoglobin works and how it is able to bind to oxygen.
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