Andrew Z. Fire

Nobel Prize lecture

Gene Silencing by Double Stranded RNA

Andrew Z. Fire delivered his Nobel Lecture on 8 December 2006 at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. He was introduced by Professor Bertil Daneholt, Chairman of the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet.

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Andrew Z. Fire held his Nobel Lecture December 8, 2006, at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. He was presented by Professor Bertil Daneholt, Chairman of the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet.

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From Les Prix Nobel. The Nobel Prizes 2006, Editor Karl Grandin, [Nobel Foundation], Stockholm, 2007

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