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Nobel Prizes: Cancer, Vision And The Genetic Code (Paperback)
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Nobel Prizes: Cancer, Vision And The Genetic Code (Paperback)
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The present book discusses the Nobel Prizes in physiology or
medicine 1966-68. The 1966 prize recognized that viruses may be
involved in cancer formation. Later studies revealed that these
kinds of infectious agents could pick up and transmit cellular
genes of importance for regulation of cellular growth. It was then
possible to recognize that many genes of this kind could be
involved in the formation of cancer. The disease was found to
represent the dark side of evolution. As a consequence of this
insight new means of treatment fortunately have been developed.The
rear parts of the eyes are extensions of the central nervous
system. They have a fascinating intrinsic complexity, the
neurophysiology and biochemistry of which has been progressively
analyzed. These revealing studies concern both our capacity to
distinguish different colors and also our possibility to see in the
dark. The Prize in 1967 identified seminal contributions in this
wide field by Ragnar Granit, Haldan Hartline and George Wald.The
1968 Prize is distinct in its recognition of Robert Holley, Ghobind
Khorana and Marshall Nirenberg, who in different ways had
contributed to the cracking of the genetic code. Insights into the
language used by Nature, since the dawn of cellular life some 4.6
billion years ago, have completely revolutionized modern life
sciences. The capacity to read and also to write the books of life
has defined new kinds of science, deepening our understanding of
the magic of evolution and opened the possibilities for molecular
medicine by understanding the genetic background to diseases, not
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