The labs, which will accommodate 1, 000 students, were opened by Sir Paul, who received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 2002.

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Crick, along with James Watson and Maurice Wilkins, was given the 1962 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for "discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material".

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Edwards was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2010 for his work in developing the technique.

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In 2008 she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, together with her former mentor, Luc Montagnier, for their discovery of HIV.

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