Four men who shook the world

Article Abstract:

The 1999 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was won by Professor Gunter Blobel, who established how the cell controls the movements of protein products from where they are produced to their final position in the body. The 1999 Nobel Prize in Physics was jointly won by Gerardus 't Hooft and Martinus J.G. Veltman for their work on particle physics. The 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was won by Professor Ahmed Zewail, who developed a camera to study the very rapid events that take place during a chemical reaction.

Medicine, Achievements and awards, Chemistry, Physics, 1999 AD, Nobel prizes, Hooft, Gerardus, Veltman, Martinus J.G., Zewail, Ahmed H., Blobel, Gunter

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How the Russians poisoned their own

Article Abstract:

Evidence has been discovered that an accident at a biological weapons plant in Ekaterinburg, Russia, in April 1979 caused an outbreak of anthrax. Two Russian scientists and US researchers' analysis of tissue samples shows that many of the 68 deaths were caused by breathing 10,000 airborne spores of bacterium, not by eating infected meat. This high concentration of spores must have come from the plant. The official inquiry held that lesions of the intestines rather than the lungs was the cause of death.

Accidents, Biological weapons, Anthrax, Yekaterinburg, Russia

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Making babies

Article Abstract:

Plans by the Italian fertility doctor Severino Antinori to clone a human being are examined in detail. The controversial plans have led to discussion of the moral and ethical issues involved.

Physicians, Behavior, Medical professions, Ethical aspects, Cloning, Antinori, Severino

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