© 2004 by Oxford University Press
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Awards, Appointments, Announcements
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Alfred G. Knudson
Jr., M.D., Ph.D., of Fox Chase Cancer Center in
Philadelphia, has been named winner of a 2004 Kyoto Prize, a lifetime
achievement award given to those who have "contributed significantly to
mankind's benefit." Knudson, who is being honored for his role in
establishing the theory of tumor suppressor genes, will receive a cash gift of
about $450,000 (50 million yen), the gold Kyoto Prize medal, and a diploma at
the Kyoto Prize ceremony