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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1997
Stanley B. Prusiner

Nobel Lecture

Prions

Stanley B. Prusiner held his Nobel Lecture on 8 December 1997, at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm. He was presented by Professor Staffan Normark, Member of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine.

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From Nobel Lectures, Physiology or Medicine 1996-2000, Editor Hans Jörnvall, World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, 2003

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