Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1985

Michael S. Brown

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Prize share: 1/2

Joseph L. Goldstein

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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1985 was awarded jointly to Michael S. Brown and Joseph L. Goldstein "for their discoveries concerning the regulation of cholesterol metabolism"

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