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DNA Pioneeer Kornberg Dies

Biochemist won in '59 for research; son received prize in 2006

New York Times New York Times Oct 27, 07 4:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nobel laureate Dr. Arthur Kornberg, 89, a pioneering biochemist in the fields of DNA and human genetics, has died of respiratory failure, the New York Times reports. Kornberg shared the award in 1959 for his research into how DNA works, and that research is the foundation for many of today's cancer drugs, notes the San Francisco Chronicle .  More »

More about:  obituary • DNA • genetics • Stanford University • Nobel prize

Hotel Snubs Nobel Laureate

Oooops: Five-star Cancun resort mistakes  Rigoberta Menchú for beggar

Guardian (UK) Guardian (UK) Aug 17, 07 11:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Staff at Cancun's five-star Coral Beach Hotel had egg on their faces after trying to throw out a woman in indigenous Mayan garb, assuming she was a beggar or street vendor. Turned out the person they tried to hustle out of their lobby was Rigoberta Menchu—Nobel peace prizewinner, Unesco goodwill ambassador, Guatemalan presidential candidate and indigenous rights activist, the Guardian reports, More »

More about:  Felipe Calderon • Guatemala • Nobel prize • Cancun • Mayan

Odile Crick
Dies at 86

Wife of Francis Crick first sketched the double helix structure of DNA

Washington Post Washington Post Jul 23, 07 4:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Odile Crick, who made the first published sketch of double-helix structure of DNA, died July 5th in La Jolla, CA, at age 86.  She was the wife of Francis Crick, who together with James Watson discovered the structure of DNA.  Odile Crick's drawing first appeared with her husband's article in the April, 1953, issue of Nature . More »

More about:  obituary • DNA • James Watson • Nobel prize

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