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Andrew Z. Fire
| Full Name of the recipient | Andrew Z. Fire |
|---|---|
| Award | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
| Year of Award | 2006 |
| Share in Award | 50.0% |
| Award Shared with | Craig C. Mello (50.0%) |
| Motivation for the Award | for their discovery of RNA interference - gene silencing by double-stranded RNA |
| Affiliation at the Time of Award | Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA |
| Place of Birth | Stanford, CA, United States USA |
| Date of Birth | 27 April 1959 |
| Age at the time of Award | 46 years |
