The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2006

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2006

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| Introduction: The DNA-reader in our cells | Yeast and human beings | Taking pictures of molecules | The future | Timeline | Further reading | Credits |

Nobel Poster from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, web adapted by Nobel Web

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