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MRC Millennium Medal 2011 Goes to Prof. Sir Ed Southern
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The 2011 Medical Research Council (MRC) Millennium Medal has been awarded to Professor Sir Ed Southern, founder of Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), a provider of innovative clinical genetics and diagnostic solutions to advance molecular medicine.
Sir Ed becomes one of only four researchers to have received the prize since it was inaugurated in the year 2000, which recognizes an MRC-funded scientist whose outstanding research has made a major contribution towards the health and wealth of our society. Described by Professor Anthony Hamilton, vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford, as a "scientist, innovator, entrepreneur and philanthropist", Sir Ed's work developing the technology underpinning modern DNA microarrays, has "transformed healthcare and improved the lives of many patients" according to MRC chief executive Sir John Savill.
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