Nobel Prize for the odorant receptors, 2004

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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2004 was awarded jointly to Richard Axel and Linda B. Buck "for their discoveries of odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system"

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Richard Axel and Linda B. Buck receive the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries of odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system.

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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2004 was awarded jointly to Richard Axel and Linda B. Buck "for their discoveries of odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system"

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1. NOBEL-3 · Nobel Prize Outreach. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2004 (summary). nobelprize.org. www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2004/summary/… · read 2026-09-30 · © The Nobel Foundation; the motivation quoted

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