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Charles Brenton Huggins

nobel prize for medicine


Details of the Nobel Prize awarded to Charles Brenton Huggins
Full Name
of the recipient		Charles Brenton Huggins
AwardNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Year of Award1966
Share in Award50.0%
Award Shared withPeyton Rous (50.0%)
Motivation
for the Award		for his discoveries concerning hormonal treatment of prostatic cancer
Affiliation
at the Time of Award		University of Chicago, Ben May Laboratory for Cancer Research, Chicago, IL, USA
Place of BirthHalifax, Canada CAN
Date of Birth22 September 1901
Age
at the time of Award		64 years
Place of DeathChicago, IL, United States USA
Date of Death12 January 1997
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