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(Biochemist, Chemist) Sir Richard Timothy Hunt is a well-known British biochemist and molecular physiologist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2001 for his pioneering research on protein molecules that control cell division. His discovery of cyclin, a key protein in cell division cycles, during his study of fertilized sea urchin eggs in the 1980s greatly advanced the field of cell biology. Hunt's work has had a lasting influence on molecular physiology.
