| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | 
| Year: | 1953 | 
| Number: | 146 - 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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| Nominee 3: 
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| Name: | Torbjörn O Caspersson | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1910 | 
| Year, Death: | 1997 | 
| Profession: | prof medical cell research and genetics | 
| University: | Karolinska Institutet | 
| City: | Stockholm | 
| Country: | SWEDEN (SE) | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | Ludwig  Heilmeyer | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1899 | 
| Year, Death: | 1969 | 
| Profession: | prof medicine | 
| City: | Freiburg im Breisgau | 
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) | 
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