title: The Nobel trail of Vincent du Vigneaud.
abstract: The Nobel Prize for chemistry of 1955 was awarded to Vincent du Vigneaud. After a brief outline of his career and accomplishments, some archive material related to this decision of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is presented. Other archive studies have shown that du Vigneaud was also considered for the corresponding prize in physiology or medicine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Organic Chemistry, University of Uppsala, Biomedical Center, SE-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden. Ulf.Ragnarsson@biorg.uu.se
authors.forename: Ulf
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ragnarsson
mesh_terms: D001710:Biotin / Q000737:chemistry; D002621:Chemistry / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D007328:Insulin / Q000737:chemistry; D009613:Nobel Prize; D010121:Oxytocin / Q000737:chemistry; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D010121:Oxytocin; D001710:Biotin