Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2012
© The Nobel Foundation. Photo: U. Montan
Robert J. Lefkowitz
Prize share: 1/2
© The Nobel Foundation. Photo: U. Montan
Brian K. Kobilka
Prize share: 1/2
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2012 was awarded jointly to Robert J. Lefkowitz and Brian K. Kobilka "for studies of G-protein-coupled receptors"
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