Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1965
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François Jacob
Prize share: 1/3
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André Lwoff
Prize share: 1/3
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Jacques Monod
Prize share: 1/3
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1965 was awarded jointly to François Jacob, André Lwoff and Jacques Monod "for their discoveries concerning genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis"
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