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Robert F. Furchgott
Full Name of the recipient | Robert F. Furchgott |
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Award | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
Year of Award | 1998 |
Share in Award | 33.3% |
Award Shared with | Louis J. Ignarro (33.3%) Ferid Murad (33.3%) |
Motivation for the Award | for their discoveries concerning nitric oxide as a signalling molecule in the cardiovascular system |
Affiliation at the Time of Award | SUNY Health Science Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA |
Place of Birth | Charleston, SC, United States USA |
Date of Birth | 4 June 1916 |
Age at the time of Award | 81 years |
Place of Death | Seattle, WA, United States USA |
Date of Death | 19 May 2009 |