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 Lewis, Edward --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
Lewis won the Nobel prize in physiology or medicine in 1995 for his discovery of how certain genes control the development of body segments into specific organs.
Lewis, Edward B. American developmental geneticist who, along with geneticists Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard and Eric F. Wieschaus, was awarded the 1995 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discovering the functions that control early embryonic development.
Edward R. Murrow began his commentaries from London in 1938, and William L. Shirer reported on the rise of Nazi Germany from Berlin.
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 Edward B. Lewis -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Edward B. Lewis (May 20, 1918–July 21, 2004) was an (A native or inhabitant of the United States) American (A biologist who specializes in genetics) geneticist, the winner of the 1995 (Click link for more info and facts about Nobel Prize in Medicine) Nobel Prize in Medicine.
In 1956 he was appointed Professor of Biology, and in 1966 the (United States biologist who formulated the chromosome theory of heredity (1866-1945)) Thomas Hunt Morgan Professor of Biology.
His Nobel Prize winning studies with (Small fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance) Drosophila founded the field of (Click link for more info and facts about developmental genetics) developmental genetics and laid the groundwork for our current understanding of the universal, evolutionarily conserved strategies controlling animal development.
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Edward B. Lewis was an American geneticist, the winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Medicine.
Lewis, who was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, received a B.A. from the University of Minnesota in 1938...
His key publications in the fields of genetics, developmental biology, radiation and cancer are presented in the book Genes, Development and Cancer, released in 2004.
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 AllRefer.com - Lewis Edward Lawes (Crime And Law Enforcement, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Lewis Edward Lawes, Crime And Law Enforcement, Biographies
Elmira, N.Y. As warden (1920–41) of Sing Sing Prison, a New York State Prison located at Ossining, N.Y., he carried out many reforms, advocating vocational training for convicts and the abolition of capital punishment.
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