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Albrecht Kossel | |
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Born | 16 September 1853 |
Died | 5 July 1927 |
Alma mater | University of Strassburg |
Awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1910) |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany |
Albrecht Kossel (16 September 1853 – 5 July 1927) was a German doctor.[1] He won the 1910 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for his work on proteins and nucleic substances. He discovered histones, which package and regulate DNA transcription.[2]