Dr. Mahlon Hoagland dies at 87; scientist helped discover how cells build proteins
Saturday, October 17, 2009 - 02:14
in Biology & Nature
Dr. Mahlon Hoagland, who helped unravel the mystery of how cells build proteins by discovering a molecule that brings individual amino acids to growing protein chains and who spent the latter part of his career explaining biology to the public in a series of well- received books, died Sept. 18 at his home in Thetford, Vt. He was 87.