Nobel Prize

Theodor Kocher was born on August 25, 1841, at Berne. His father, a Chief-Engineer, was a very keen worker and kept him constantly at work. The influence of a devoted mother and later the loving care of a selfsacrificing wife enabled him to pass without interruption through the continuous strait of secondary school and University,…

Peyton Rous was born in Baltimore in 1879. His mother’s ancestors were Huguenots who settled in Virginia after the Edict of Nantes. Just before the Civil War in the 1860’s her father, foreseeing disaster, bought land in Texas, moving his big family there after it ended. There he became a judge «riding three counties», and…

I recall a sunny September morning in Virginia. I remember the sound of the school bus taking away the older kids, including my two siblings Jean and Frank. My mother, no doubt, was busy with my baby brother Roger. I was playing in the creek as I often did, turning over stones, looking for small…

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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 2009is awarded toElizabeth 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 is awarded to three scientists who have solved one of biology’s great mysteries: How are the chromosomes that carry…

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2006 The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 2006 jointly to Andrew Fire and Craig Mello for their discovery of RNA interference – gene silencing by double-stranded RNA. RNA interference is a fundamental mechanism for controlling the flow of…

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2005   The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Barry Marshall and Robin Warren for their discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease. Thanks to this pioneering discovery, peptic ulcer…