The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1954
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John Franklin Enders
Prize share: 1/3
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Thomas Huckle Weller
Prize share: 1/3
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Frederick Chapman Robbins
Prize share: 1/3
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1954 was awarded jointly to John Franklin Enders, Thomas Huckle Weller and Frederick Chapman Robbins "for their discovery of the ability of poliomyelitis viruses to grow in cultures of various types of tissue."
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Nobel Prizes 2019
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Their work and discoveries range from how cells adapt to changes in levels of oxygen to our ability to fight global poverty.
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Their work and discoveries range from how cells adapt to changes in levels of oxygen to our ability to fight global poverty.
See them all presented here.
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