Who shared the Nobel Prize with Arber?
Crick and Watson
Smith and Nathans
Marie Curie
Darwin and Mendel
Answer
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine of 1978 was awarded to Werner Arber, Daniel Nathans, and Hamilton O. Smith for their discoveries of restriction enzymes and their application to problems of molecular genetics. This discovery was revolutionary as it allowed scientists to cut DNA at specific sequences, making it a fundamental tool in genetic engineering and paved the way for the development of recombinant DNA technology.
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