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Ar·ber  (ärbr), Werner Born 1929.
Swiss microbiologist. He shared a 1978 Nobel Prize for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to molecular genetics.

Arber [ˈɑːbə]
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(Biographies / Arber, Werner (1929 M, Swiss, SCIENCE: biologist) Werner. born 1929, Swiss microbiologist, noted for his work on restriction enzymes. Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1978


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Microbiologist and 1978 Nobel Prize winner Werner Arber discovered the tools that made it possible to recombine the blueprints imprinted on genes.
 
 
 
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