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In which year did his student, Adolf Butenandt win the Nobel prize?
1940
1938
1939
1937
Answer
Adolf Butenandt was a German biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1939 for his work on sex hormones. He was a student of Heinrich Otto Wieland, who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1927. Butenandt's work on sex hormones led to the discovery of the chemical structure of testosterone and progesterone, which are two of the most important hormones in the human body.
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