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Tomas Lindahl is a Swedish biologist who won the Nobel Prize for his groundbreaking research on how cells repair damaged DNA. His work matters because understanding DNA repair mechanisms is fundamental to treating diseases like cancer and aging-related conditions.
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Tomas Robert Lindahl (born 28 January 1938) is a Swedish-British scientist specialising in cancer research. In 2015, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry jointly with American chemist Paul L. Modrich and Turkish chemist Aziz Sancar for mechanistic studies of DNA repair.
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1938 birthsAcademics of the Francis Crick InstituteFellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences (United Kingdom)Fellows of the Royal SocietyForeign associates of the National Academy of SciencesHelen Hay Whitney Foundation fellowsKarolinska Institute alumniLiving peopleMembers of the Norwegian Academy of Science and LettersMembers of the Royal Swedish Academy of SciencesNobel laureates in Chemistry