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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...
Telomeres - The Protective Caps on Chromosomes\
Editor 39 s Note Elizabeth Helen Blackburn an Australian-American Nobel laureate currently the President of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies studied the telomere a structure at the end of chromosomes that protects the chromosome Blackburn co-disco...
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...
31P-qNMR for Drug Analysis (For advanced learners)
The story of evolution of human civilization would feel unfinished if the devastating role of diseases is left untold Since the dawn of the civilization in the known history human race has been afflicted by several infectious and autoimmune diseases Epidemics such ...
