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title: "What it’s like to wait for the call from the Nobel Prize committee"
description: "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."
author: "Annalisa Merelli"
section: health
published: 2026-10-09T13:34:23.880729+00:00
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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.*

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Annalisa Merelli · STAT News · Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

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Originally published by STAT News: https://www.statnews.com/2026/10/02/nobel-prize-2026-geneticist-mary-claire-king-long-waiting-not-getting-winner-call/?utm_campaign=rss