Cancer kills Nobel physician before he hears of prize

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A scientist who won the Nobel prize for medicine Monday used his own discoveries to treat himself for cancer, but died of the disease just days before he could be told of the award.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://mf.feeds.reuters.com/c/871/f/415342/s/19068922/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Cancer+kills+Nobel+physician+before+he+hears+of+prize&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F10%2F04%2Fuk-nobel-medicine-idUKTRE79213K20111004%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Cancer+kills+Nobel+physician+before+he+hears+of+prize&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F10%2F04%2Fuk-nobel-medicine-idUKTRE79213K20111004%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/114252764155/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/19068922/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/114252764155/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/19068922/a2.img" border="0"/></a> [More]

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