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Also Known As Andrew Victor Schally
Born November 30, 1926 • Vilnius • Lithuania
Died October 17, 2024 (aged 97) • Miami Beach • Florida
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1977)
Subjects Of Study gonadotropin-releasing hormone • hormone • hypothalamus • somatostatin • thyrotropin-releasing hormone

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