The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2018

Frances H. Arnold

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Prize share: 1/2

George P. Smith

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Prize share: 1/4

Sir Gregory P. Winter

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Prize share: 1/4

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2018 was divided, one half awarded to Frances H. Arnold "for the directed evolution of enzymes", the other half jointly to George P. Smith and Sir Gregory P. Winter "for the phage display of peptides and antibodies"

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