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Obesity, Cell Researchers May Be Up For Prize


OBESITY, Cell Researchers May Be Up For Prize

Two scientists who unlocked mysteries linked to obesity and a professor who made stem cells are among candidates for the 2011 Nobel Prize in medicine.

Canadian-born Douglas Coleman and American Jeffrey Friedman have won several prizes seen as precursors to the Nobel for discovering a hormone that regulates food intake and body weight.

Japan's Shinya Yamanaka could be a contender for discovering that stem cells can be made from skin cells.

 

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