The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2004 • Richard Axel : 1/2 of the prize, USA , Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Columbia University, Hammer Health Sciences Center ,New York, NY, USA , b. 1946 • Linda B. Buck :1/2 of the prize ,USA , Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Seattle, WA, USA , b. 1947 "for their discoveries of odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system"The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2004 • Richard Axel : 1/2 of the prize, USA , Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Columbia University, Hammer Health Sciences Center ,New York, NY, USA , b. 1946 • Linda B. Buck :1/2 of the prize ,USA , Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Seattle, WA, USA , b. 1947 "for their discoveries of odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system