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Werner Arber
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<p>Werner Arber (born 3 June 1929 in <a href="/facts/Gr%25C3%25A4nichen/TmUSzYKD">Gränichen</a>, <a href="/facts/Aargau/89uQz1xQ">Aargau</a>) is a Swiss <a href="/facts/Microbiologist/cqEyJwNK">microbiologist</a> and <a href="/facts/Geneticist/cCvzvuKU">geneticist</a>. Along with American researchers <a href="/facts/Hamilton_O._Smith/vmKB4z3k">Hamilton Smith</a> and <a href="/facts/Daniel_Nathans/jfkaaceo">Daniel Nathans</a>, Werner Arber shared the 1978 <a href="/facts/Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine/rlnpJX84">Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine</a> for the discovery of <a href="/facts/Restriction_endonucleases/Mg0VgkCX">restriction endonucleases</a>. Their work would lead to the development of <a href="/facts/Recombinant_DNA/dT3PL7M6">recombinant DNA</a> technology. </p>