The Top 10 Jewish Chemists and Biochemists

1. Adolph von Baeyer: First Jew to win a Nobel Prize. 1905 winner for his work on organic dyes. 
2. Melvin Calvin: Nobel Prize winner for his work on how plants turn carbon dioxide into sugar (“The Calvin Cycle”). 
3. Fritz Haber: Won the 1918 Nobel Prize for synthesizing ammonia. 
4. Hans Krebs: Nobel Prize winner in 1953 for his work on how cells turn sugar into energy (“The Krebs Cycle”). 
5. Paul Berg: Won the 1980 Nobel Prize for his work on recombinant DNA (inserting foreign pieces of DNA into other pieces of DNA). 
6. Arthur Kornberg: Won the Nobel Prize in 1959 for his work on how DNA is synthesized. 
7. Gertrude Elion: Developed new drugs that led to the treatment of AIDS. 
8. Max Tishler: Synthesized ascorbic acid, cortisone, riboflavin and other molecules. 
9. Frank Westheimer: Pioneer in many fields, including the reactions of RNA, DNA and ribozymes. 
10. Rosalyn Sussman Yalow: Developed the radioimmunoassay technique.

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