- The Marshall Nirenberg Papers Viewers You Need to Browse the Collection Exhibit Alphabetical Listing Chronological Listing Search the Full Collection Comments Marshall W. Nirenberg (b. 1927) is an American biochemist who shared the 1968 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on deciphering the genetic code. The National Library of Medicine is the repository for the Marshall ...profiles.nlm.nih.gov/JJ