Institution:
Weill Cornell MedicineResearchers:
Vincent du Vigneaud, PhD, chairman of the Department of Biochemistry and a professor of biochemistry from 1968-1967, who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery.

Impact:
Dr. du Vigneaud created a synthetic form of oxytocin, a hormone that is involved in childbirth. Synthetic oxytocin is now regularly prescribed to induce or augment labor.
Timeline:
1953