The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2019
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William G. Kaelin Jr
Prize share: 1/3
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Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe
Prize share: 1/3
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Gregg L. Semenza
Prize share: 1/3
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2019 was awarded jointly to William G. Kaelin Jr, Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza "for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability"
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