Wednesday, October 04, 2006

America wins Nobel chemistry prize

Gunnar Oquist permanent secretary of the Royal Academy of Sience (L) and Professor Lars Thelander announce the Nobel prize winner for chemistry in Stockholm October 4 2006. American Roger Kornberg the son of a Nobel laureate won the 2006 Nobel prize for chemistry on Wednesday for describing gene copying in cells which can give insight into illnesses such as cancer and heart disease. DENMARK OUT NORWAY OUT SWEDEN OUT REUTERS/Bertil Ericson/Scanpix (SWEDEN)American Roger D. Kornberg whose father won a Nobel Prize a half-century ago was awarded the prize in chemistry Wednesday for his studies of how cells take information from genes to produce proteins.


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