Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2012

Robert J. Lefkowitz

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Prize share: 1/2

Brian K. Kobilka

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Prize share: 1/2

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2012 was awarded jointly to Robert J. Lefkowitz and Brian K. Kobilka "for studies of G-protein-coupled receptors"

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