| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | 
| Year: | 1950 | 
| Number: | 101 - 0 | 
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| Nominee 1: 
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| Name: | Edward L Rickes | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Profession: | dr | 
| University: | Merck & Company Research Laboratory | 
| City: | Rahway | 
| State: | NJ | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
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| Nominee 2: 
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| Name: | Ernest Lester  Smith | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1904 | 
| Year, Death: | 1992 | 
| Profession: | dr | 
| University: | Glaxo Laboratories | 
| City: | Greenford | 
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) | 
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| Motivation: | Work on vitamin B 12. | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | Corneille J Heymans | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1892 | 
| Year, Death: | 1968 | 
| Profession: | Nobel Laureate med 1939 | 
| City: | Ghent | 
| Country: | BELGIUM (BE) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1938 | 
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