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muriel_volestrangler

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4. 50 years to wait for your Nobel Prize

Reply to jsr (Original post)

Mon Oct 8, 2012, 11:11 AM

Oct 2012

Glad he made it to 79. But he's still working - "Gurdon, 79, was in a laboratory meeting at the research institute in Cambridge that bears his name Monday morning and reporters were told he was unavailable. "

And also that he has the proper mad scientist hair:

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Nobel Prize for medicine awarded to Gurdon, Yamanaka for stem cell discoveries [View all] jsr Oct 2012 OP

Fascinating! Delphinus Oct 2012 #1

K&R! Overseas Oct 2012 #2

This is a revolutionary discovery in the world of cellular biology! DavidL Oct 2012 #3

50 years to wait for your Nobel Prize muriel_volestrangler Oct 2012 #4