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Trio Wins Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine For Work On Cells And Oxygen

The three physicians "found the molecular switch that regulates how our cells adapt when oxygen levels drop," a member of the Nobel Committee said.
The winners of the 2019 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine are Gregg Semenza of the U.S., Peter Ratcliffe of Britain and William Kaelin of the U.S. They're seen here on a screen during a news conference at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.

Three scientists who made important discoveries about how cells sense and adapt to different oxygen levels have won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, in the first announcement of Nobel winners for 2019.

of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard University, of Oxford University and the Francis Crick Institute and of Johns Hopkins University were jointly awarded the prize.

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