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Creation Date
1959
Description
On May 26, 1959, Bruce Merrifield recorded in his notebook: "There is a need for a rapid, quantitative, automatic method for the synthesis of long-chain peptides."
Five years later he satisfied that need, and chemists, biologists, physicians, several instrument makers, and probably society at large are in his debt.
Keywords
Bruce Merrifield, solid phase peptide synthesis