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Known for
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Discovering that the human body uses the gas nitric oxide as a chemical signal to regulate cell activity. For this discovery, he shared the 1998 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine with colleagues Robert Furchgott and Ferid Murad.
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Career
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1962 Completed his B.S. in pharmacology at Columbia University in New York
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1966 Received his Ph.D. in pharmacology from the University of Minnesota
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1968-72 Worked as a pharmacological researcher for the Ciba-Geigy Corporation
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1972-78 Taught pharmacology as an assistant, and subsequently associate, professor at the Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans
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1979-85 Taught pharmacology as a professor at the Tulane University School of Medicine
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1985- Taught pharmacology at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine
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Did You Know
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Ignarro and his colleagues' Nobel-winning discovery was initially rejected by most scientists.
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Nitric oxide is most commonly known as an air pollutant capable of damaging the lungs and causing chemical burns.
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One of nitric oxide's functions in the body is to signal muscle tissue surrounding blood vessels to relax, allowing more blood to flow.
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