The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2006
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Andrew Z. Fire
Prize share: 1/2
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Craig C. Mello
Prize share: 1/2
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2006 was awarded jointly to Andrew Z. Fire and Craig C. Mello "for their discovery of RNA interference - gene silencing by double-stranded RNA."
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