Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1910

Albrecht Kossel

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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1910 was awarded to Albrecht Kossel "in recognition of the contributions to our knowledge of cell chemistry made through his work on proteins, including the nucleic substances"

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