Two New York City scientists whose pioneering achievements in understanding how our genes are regulated and expressed have helped medical professionals and researchers improve health and combat diseases are the recipients of the 12th annual Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research.

The two recipients, both from The Rockefeller University, will share the $500,000 award, the largest in medicine and science in the United States. They are:

• James E. Darnell Jr., M.D., who is considered the “father” of RNA processing and cytokine signaling, and;
  
  
• Robert G. Roeder, Ph.D., a pioneer in the field of gene transcription in animal cells.

The $500,000 Prize is the largest award in medicine and science in the United States.
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•  Read the 2012 Press Release