Which Indian-origin scientist won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for work on the genetic code?
- V. Raman
- Har Gobind Khorana
- Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
- Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Answer: Har Gobind Khorana
Har Gobind Khorana, an Indian-American biochemist, shared the 1968 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Holley for their interpretation of the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis.