Canada Gairdner International Award 1999: Winners

Recipients

1. Alexander Varshavsky, Avram Hershko

   Biology

   For the discovery of the ubiquitin system of intracellular protein degradation and its many functions in the cell.

2. Andrew H. Wyllie, H. Robert Horvitz

   Biology

   In recognition of their pioneering contribution to our understanding of apoptosis.