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Prof. Elizabeth H. Blackburn: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2009
The Nobel winner says keeping telomeres the ends of our chromosomes in prime condition can stave off diseases associated with ageing Professor Elizabeth Helen Blackburn AC FRS FAA FRSN born 26 November 1948 is an Australian-American Nobel laureate cur...
Drs. Edward B. Lewis, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard and Eric F. Wieschaus: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1995
Dr Edward B Lewis an American geneticist was born in Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania In 1939 he obtained BA in Biostatistics from University of Minnesota where he worked with Drosophila melanogaster in C P Oliver s lab Later in 1942 he received his Ph D degr...
Galapagos Penguin: Survives On and Above Equator
The Galapagos penguin Spheniscus mendiculus is native to the Galapagos Islands It is the only penguin species that lives on and north to the equator It can survive due to the cool temperatures resulting from the Humboldt Current and cool waters brought by the C...
Sir Robert G. Edwards: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2010
Sir Robert G Edwards 27 Sep 1925 - 10 Apr 2013 Sir Robert G Edwards was a British Physiologist who received the Noble Prize in Physiology or Medicine in the year 2010 for his revolutionary work in development of in-vitro fertilization IVF He was born in Manch...
