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What it’s like to wait for the call from the Nobel Prize committee
Ahead of this year's Nobel Prize announcements, STAT chatted with Mary-Claire King, who discovered the BRCA cancer mutations and is frequently mentioned in prize predictions.
Annalisa Merelli
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Reporting by Annalisa MerelliSource: STAT NewsPhoto: Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesUpdated October 9, 2026
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