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1980's Laureates

Alexander Hollaender, 1983

For his unique role in the creation of the field of radiation biology, for his leadership as Director of the Biology Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, for his promotion of scientific exchange between the United States and many less developed countries, and for scientific discoveries that first pointed to the nucleic acids as the genetic materials and to the existence of repair mechanisms.

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