Werner Arber

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Who is Werner Arber?

Werner Arber is a Swiss microbiologist and geneticist. Along with American researchers Hamilton Smith and Daniel Nathans, Werner Arber shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of restriction endonucleases. Their work would lead to the development of recombinant DNA technology.

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Born
Jun 3, 1929
Gränichen
Nationality
  • Switzerland
Education
  • ETH Zurich
  • University of Geneva

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on July 23, 2013

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