H. Robert Horvitz

Nobel Prize lecture

Worms, Life and Death

H. Robert Horvitz held his Nobel Lecture December 8, 2002, at Sal Adam, Berzeliuslaboratoriet, Karolinska Institutet. He was presented by Professor Jan-Åke Gustafsson.

Worms, Life and Death

H. Robert Horvitz held his Nobel Lecture December 8, 2002, at Sal Adam, Berzeliuslaboratoriet, Karolinska Institutet. He was presented by Professor Jan-Åke Gustafsson.

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From Les Prix Nobel. The Nobel Prizes 2002, Editor Tore Frängsmyr, [Nobel Foundation], Stockholm, 2003

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