- Pirie, Norman Wingate
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▪ 1998British biochemist and virologist who, with his long-time collaborator, Frederick Bawden, demonstrated that the genetic material found in viruses is RNA. In later years Pirie championed the use of extracted leaf protein as a dietary supplement (b. July 1, 1907—d. March 29, 1997).
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Universalium. 2010.