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The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details

Bruce N. Ames

Title:

Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Center

Affiliation:

University of California, Berkeley

Berkely,California 94720 USA

Gender:

Male

Award Discipline:

Biological Sciences

Award Year:

1998

Citation:

"For changing the direction of basic and applied research on mutation, cancer and aging by devising a simple, inexpensive test for environmental and natural mutagens, by identifying causes and effects of oxidative DNA damage, and by translating these findings into intelligible public policy recommendations on diet and cancer risk for the American people."

Presented by President William Jefferson Clinton in a White House (East Room) ceremony on Tuesday, April 27, 1999

 

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