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American, Briton Win Nobel Prize for Medicine

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By Richard Knox

Published October 5, 2003 at 6:00 PM HST

Copyright 2003 NPR

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Richard Knox

Since he joined NPR in 2000, Knox has covered a broad range of issues and events in public health, medicine, and science. His reports can be heard on NPR's Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, Talk of the Nation, and newscasts.

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