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Born January 13, 1927 • Germiston • South Africa
Died April 5, 2019 (aged 92) • Singapore
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (2002) • Copley Medal (1991)
Subjects Of Study Caenorhabditis elegans • apoptosis • gene regulation

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Elizabeth Blackburn
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Carol W. Greider
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Randy W. Schekman
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François Jacob, 1965.
François Jacob
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Severo Ochoa, 1959.
Severo Ochoa
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Richard J. Roberts
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Élie Metchnikoff
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Paul Nurse
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