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3 unusual facts about Mary Shaw Shorb


Mary Shaw Shorb

Founder and first President of the College of Idaho, Dr. Boone was a well-known botanist, and taught biology at the College.

Mary Shaw Shorb (January 11, 1907 – August 18, 1990), a research scientist, was best known for the development of a bacteriological assay procedure for the chemical compound now known as Vitamin B12.

With the assay breakthrough, Folkers and his Merck team isolated crystals of the active ingredient – Vitamin B12 – from multiple sources within about three months.



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