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Edward B. Lewis

nobel prize for medicine


Details of the Nobel Prize awarded to Edward B. Lewis
Full Name
of the recipient		Edward B. Lewis
AwardNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Year of Award1995
Share in Award33.3%
Award Shared withChristiane Nüsslein-Volhard (33.3%)
Eric F. Wieschaus (33.3%)
Motivation
for the Award		for their discoveries concerning the genetic control of early embryonic development
Affiliation
at the Time of Award		California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, CA, USA
Place of BirthWilkes-Barre, PA, United States USA
Date of Birth19 May 1918
Age
at the time of Award		76 years
Place of DeathPasadena, CA, United States USA
Date of Death21 July 2004
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