Vincent du Vigneaud:
Vincent du Vigneaud was an American biochemist and Nobel laureate.
Birth:
May 18, 1901 in Chicago, Illinois
Death:
December 11, 1978 in White Plains, New York
Claim to Fame:
Vigneaud was an American biochemist who was awarded the 1955 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research into sulfur compounds and the first synthesis of the polypeptide hormone, Oxytocin. Oxytocin is a hormone that acts as a neurotransmitter in the brain. He also isolated the hormone vasopressin that acts on the muscles of the blood vessels to change blood pressure.
