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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1998

Robert F. Furchgott, Louis J. Ignarro, Ferid Murad

Robert F. Furchgott

Louis J. Ignarro

Ferid Murad

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1998 was awarded jointly to Robert F. Furchgott, Louis J. Ignarro and Ferid Murad "for their discoveries concerning nitric oxide as a signalling molecule in the cardiovascular system".

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1998

The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, has awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 1998 to Robert F Furchgott, Louis J Ignarro and Ferid Murad for their discoveries concerning "the nitric oxide as a signalling molecule in the cardiovascular system".

Robert F Furchgott, born 1916 Dept. of Pharmacology, SUNY Health Science Center New York	Louis J Ignarro, born 1941 Dept. of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology UCLA School of Medicine Los Angeles	Ferid Murad, born 1936 Dept. of Integrative Biology Pharmacology and Physiology University of Texas Medical School, Houston

A New Principle

Nitric Oxide, NO, is a short-lived, endogenously produced gas that acts as a signalling molecule in the body. Signal transmission by a gas, produced by one cell, which penetrates membranes and regulates the function of other cells is an entirely new principle for signalling in the human organism.

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