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Campus Connection: UW’s Thomson nets international prize

UW-Madison stem cell pioneer Jamie Thomson is a co-winner of the prestigious King Faisal International Prize in Medicine.A university news release notes Thomson now is one of 57 scientists who have been awarded the Faisal Prize in Medicine over the past three decades. Among all Faisal Prize winners, nine later were honored with Nobel prizes for work first recognized by the award.