William G. Kaelin Jr

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William G. Kaelin Jr

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William G. Kaelin Jr
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2019

Born: 23 November 1957, New York, NY, USA

Affiliation at the time of the award: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Harvard Medical, Boston, MA, USA, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD, USA

Prize motivation: "for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability."

Prize share: 1/3

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