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Ubiquitin pioneer awarded 2012 prize in biomedicine
The researcher who revealed that ubiquitins act like labels, tagging other proteins for destruction, received this year’s Frontiers of Knowledge Award in biomedicine from the BBVA Foundation in Spain. The award—which includes an unrestricted cash prize of €400,000 ($525,800)—went to Alexander Varshavsky, a molecular biologist at the California Institute of Technology, the foundation announced on Monday. Varshavsky’s work on ubiquitin advanced understanding of immune system disorders, cancers and neurodegenerative diseases.
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