"The award of the Nobel Prize recognizes the discovery of a fundamental mechanism in the cell, a discovery that has stimulated the development of new therapeutic strategies, " the committee said in a news release.

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Crucially for Dr DePinho's project, the development of vemurafenib was stimulated by the identification of a mutated gene often present in melanomas.

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Sheller explains that Risperdal stimulated the production of prolacting, which is a hormone released by the pituitary gland that stimulates breast development.

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