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John R. Vane
Full Name of the recipient | John R. Vane |
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Award | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
Year of Award | 1982 |
Share in Award | 33.3% |
Award Shared with | Sune K. Bergström (33.3%) Bengt I. Samuelsson (33.3%) |
Motivation for the Award | for their discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related biologically active substances |
Affiliation at the Time of Award | The Wellcome Research Laboratories, Beckenham, United Kingdom |
Place of Birth | Tardebigg, United Kingdom GBR |
Date of Birth | 29 March 1927 |
Age at the time of Award | 54 years |
Place of Death | Farnborough, United Kingdom GBR |
Date of Death | 19 November 2004 |