'Pierre Chambon' (born
February 7,
1931,
Mulhouse, France) is currently a director of the
Institute for Genetics and Cellular and Molecular Biology in
Strasbourg,
France. Specifically, his major contribution to science involved discovering
nuclear hormone receptors, revealing their structure and showing how they contribute to human
physiology. He accomplished the much of his work in the
1980s. He received the
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 2004 for his work in the field.
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