J. Michael Bishop was awarded Nobel Prize 1989 in Physiology/Medicine "for their discovery of the cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes." 
                            Nationality    United States
                            Institution    University of California, San Francisco
                            Award          1989
                            Discipline     Physiology/Medicine
                            Co-recipients  Harold Varmus
                            MotivationAwarded with Nobel Prize 1989 in Physiology/Medicine "for their discovery of the cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes." 
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