Robert J. Lefkowitz MD
Robert J. Lefkowitz MD
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2012
National Medal of Science – Biological Sciences 2007 USA
Nobel co-recipient Brian K. Kobilka
Name: Robert J. Lefkowitz
Birth: 15 April, 1943, New York, USA
Institution: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
Award: “for studies of G-protein-coupled receptors”
Subject: Biochemistry
Portion of cash: 1/2
approximately half of all medicines used today use this kind of receptor.
“Strong family history of coronary artery disease … at age 50 I had quadruple bypass surgery [1994]. I minimize my risk factors with daily physical exercise, a vegetarian diet and appropriate medications”.
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Introduction of Robert J. Lefkowitz by Ralph Snyderman. J Clin Invest 2011, Oct 3, 121(10), 4192-4200.
Lab, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Robert Lefkowitz Shares Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, NC
Two American Scientists Win Nobel Prize in Chemistry by By Kenneth Chang, The New York Times, Oct. 10, 2012
Robert Lefkowitz, MD, Receives 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. DukeHealth.org