Two Molecular Biologists Get $500K Medical Prize

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) Twomolecularbiologistsare being awarded the annual AlbanyMedicalCenterPrizein Medicine and Biomedical Research.

James Darnell Jr. and Robert Roeder will receive theprizeduring a ceremony Friday and will share $500,000, the largest award in medicine and science in the United States. The two men performed pioneering research on how cells express their genetic information.

Roeder heads the biochemistry andmolecularbiology lab at The Rockefeller University in New York City, where Darnell is emeritus faculty.

The two winners were announced in March.

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Two Molecular Biologists Get $500K Medical Prize

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