How was Werner transformed to a Nobel Laureate?
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Werner Arber
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1978
Born: 3 June 1929, Gränichen, Switzerland
Affiliation at the time of the award: Biozentrum der Universität, Basel, Switzerland
An organism's genome is stored in the form of long rows of building blocks, known as nucleotides, which form DNA molecules. In the late 1960s, Werner Arber discovered substances known as restriction enzymes, which cut DNA molecules at sites where a certain sequence of nucleotides occurs. The discovery of restriction enzymes opened the way to explaining in which order genes exist on the chromosome, to investigating genes' chemical composition, and to putting DNA together in new combinations.
Prize motivation: "for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to problems of molecular genetics."
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Werner Arber (born 3 June 1929 in Gränichen, Aargau)[1] is a Swiss microbiologist and geneticist. Along with American researchers Hamilton Smith and Daniel Nathans, Werner Arber shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of restriction endonucleases. Their work would lead to the development of recombinant DNA technology.