Harold Varmus was awarded Nobel Prize 1989 in Physiology/Medicine "for their discovery of the cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes."
Nationality USA
Institution Weill Cornell Medical College
Award 1989
Discipline Physiology/Medicine
Co-recipients J. Michael Bishop
MotivationAwarded with Nobel Prize 1989 in Physiology/Medicine "for their discovery of the cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes."
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