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Award Season Has Just Begun

Oct 09, 2008

If your favorite to win the Nobel prize for medicine wasn't one of the three actual winners, here's another chance for recognition: the annual Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research, founded by Johnson & Johnson in 2004, is now accepting nominations. The award is for "scientists in basic or clinical research who have made significant transformational contributions toward the improvement of human health," according to a press release. You can submit your nominations until December 15.

 

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