The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1998

Robert F. Furchgott

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Prize share: 1/3

Louis J. Ignarro

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Prize share: 1/3

Ferid Murad

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Prize share: 1/3

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1998 was awarded jointly to Robert F. Furchgott, Louis J. Ignarro and Ferid Murad "for their discoveries concerning nitric oxide as a signalling molecule in the cardiovascular system."

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