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Andrew Z. Fire Awarded 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

October 2, 2006

Andrew Z. Fire was awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The Nobel Prize was awarded jointly to Andrew Z. Fire and Craig C. Mello for their discovery of “RNA interference – gene silencing by double-stranded RNA.”

Andrew Z. Fire was a Rita Allen Foundation Scholar from 1989 until 1993. He is currently a professor of genetics and pathology at Stanford University School of Medicine.