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| | 1998 ABRF Award to Dr. Bruce Merrifield |
 | | On May 26, 1959, Dr. Merrifield began a new page in his laboratory notebook entitled, "A New Approach to the Continuous, Stepwise Synthesis of Peptides." He began, "There is a need for a rapid, quantitative method for synthesis of long chain peptides", and he then laid out his strategy for devising such a method. |
 | | Merrifield technologies are the cornerstone of many ABRF resource and research laboratories, and have formed the foundation for hundreds of successful businesses, both large and small. |
 | | Merrifield has also made important contributions to the nurturing and education of several generations of chemists, who continue to push the frontiers of the chemistry of peptides and other compounds. |
| www.abrf.org /ABRFNews/1998/June98/jun98Merrifield.html (419 words) |
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