Nobel Prize

RNA INTERFERENCE This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is shared by Professor Andrew Z. Fire at Stanford University, California, USA, and Professor Craig C. Mello at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, USA. They receive the prize for their discovery that double-stranded RNA triggers suppression of gene activity in a homology-dependent…

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English 2 October 2006 has today decided to award The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 2006 jointly to Andrew Z. Fire and Craig C. Mello for their discovery of “RNA interference – gene silencing by double-stranded RNA” Summary This year’s Nobel Laureates have discovered a fundamental mechanism for controlling the flow of genetic…

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2006 jointly toAndrew Fire and Craig Mello “for their discovery of RNA interference – gene silencing by double-stranded RNA” The Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine for 2006, the American scientists Andrew Fire and Craig Mello, have discovered a fundamental mechanism of gene regulation. They have shown that…

English Presentation Speech by Professor Göran K. Hansson, Member of the , Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine, December 10, 2006. Professor Göran K. Hansson delivering the Presentation Speech for the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine at the Stockholm Concert Hall. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and…

English Press release 2009-10-05 has today decided to award The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2009 jointly to Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak for the discovery of “how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase” This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded to three…

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Every cell in our bodies contains our entire genome, the blueprint for life, wrapped up within its chromosomes. Each time one of our cells divides to form two new cells, its chromosomes need to be perfectly replicated so that each new cell receives an exact copy of the blueprint. As early as the 1930s, long…

Advanced information Maintenance of chromosomes by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase The 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded to Drs. Elizabeth H Blackburn, Jack W Szostak and Carol W Greider for their discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase. They solved a long­standing fundamental problem in biology;…