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Which Indian scientist received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1968 for his work on the genetic code?
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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
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- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
- Har Gobind Khorana
- G. N. Ramachandran
- Satyendra Nath Bose
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Har Gobind Khorana was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his research that helped explain how the order of nucleotides in the nucleic acids, which carry the genetic code, determines which amino acid is added to a growing protein.
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