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Andrew V. Schally
Full Name of the recipient | Andrew V. Schally |
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Award | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
Year of Award | 1977 |
Share in Award | 25.0% |
Award Shared with | Roger Guillemin (25.0%) Rosalyn Yalow (50.0%) |
Motivation for the Award | for their discoveries concerning the peptide hormone production of the brain |
Affiliation at the Time of Award | Veterans Administration Hospital, New Orleans, LA, USA |
Place of Birth | Wilno (now Vilnius), Poland (now known as Lithuania LTU) |
Date of Birth | 30 November 1926 |
Age at the time of Award | 50 years |