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| | Wolf Prize In Medicine To Weizmann Scientists |
 | | The Prize committee announced that Sela and Arnon are being honored "for their major discoveries in the field of immunology." In citing their achievements, the committee noted that the two scientists were the first to introduce synthetic polypeptides, or protein fragments, into immunological research. |
 | | The Wolf Prize, which is bestowed annually for outstanding achievements in agriculture, chemistry, mathematics, medicine, physics and the arts, and involves an award of US$100,000, will be presented to Sela and Arnon by President Ezer Weizman at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, on May 10. |
 | | The Wolf Prize is awarded by the Wolf Foundation, which was established in 1976 by the late Dr. Ricardo Wolf, an inventor, diplomat and philanthropist, and his wife Francisca Subirana-Wolf, for the purpose of promoting science and art for the benefit of mankind. |
| www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/1998-02/WI-WPIM-050298.php (469 words) |
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