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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1978

"for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to problems of molecular genetics"
Werner Arber Daniel Nathans Hamilton O. Smith
Werner Arber Daniel Nathans Hamilton O. Smith
third 1/3 of the prize third 1/3 of the prize third 1/3 of the prize
Switzerland USA USA
Biozentrum der Universität
Basel, Switzerland		 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD, USA		 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD, USA
b. 1929 b. 1928
d. 1999		 b. 1931
 
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