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Edward Lawrie Tatum

nobel prize for medicine


Details of the Nobel Prize awarded to Edward Lawrie Tatum
Full Name
of the recipient		Edward Lawrie Tatum
AwardNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Year of Award1958
Share in Award25.0%
Award Shared withGeorge Wells Beadle (25.0%)
Joshua Lederberg (50.0%)
Motivation
for the Award		for their discovery that genes act by regulating definite chemical events
Affiliation
at the Time of Award		Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, New York, NY, USA
Place of BirthBoulder, CO, United States USA
Date of Birth14 December 1909
Age
at the time of Award		48 years
Place of DeathNew York, NY, United States USA
Date of Death5 November 1975
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