Robert Lefkowitz (69) and Brian Kobilka (57), the two Americans won the Nobel Prize 2012 for Chemistry on 10 October 2012. They won the award for their study and research on Protein Receptors, which allows the body to respond the signals from outside world. The study is a key and would pave the path for developing better drugs to different ailments.
Lefkowitz and Kobilka from Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina and Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto, California respectively will be sharing the prize amount of 8 million-krona ($1.2 million).
The Nobel Prize 2012 for Literature and Peace would be announced on Thursday and Friday respectively.
Robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka Won Nobel Prize 2012 for Chemistry
By Jagranjosh
Oct 11, 2012, 11:21 IST
International/World Current Affairs October 2012. Robert Lefkowitz (69) and Brian Kobilka (57), the two Americans won the Nobel Prize 2012 for Chemistry on 10 October 2012
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