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Cell Death Nets 2002 Nobel Prize in Medicine

Posted by timothy on from the two-minute-warning dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The recent press release at the Nobel website details the first of the 2002 Nobel Prizes. This year the Medicine prize goes to Sydney Brenner, H. Robert Horvitz, and John E. Sulston for their discovery of programmed cell death (also called apoptosis). Their seminal work in the model organism C. elegans established the foundation of cell suicide as a normal physiologic process. The implications are wide ranging including understanding organ development and cancer."

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  1. Dead cells _can_ come back... by PissingInTheWind · · Score: 5, Funny

    by eating the yummy, healthy brain of a living.

    See here.

    Mmmm... braaaaiiinnnss...

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  2. New business plan? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    1. Die.
    2. ???
    3. Profit!!!

  3. Cell death by silvaran · · Score: 5, Funny

    I didn't know people were dying from using cellular phones... No, not that kind of cell death.

  4. programmed cell death? by burgburgburg · · Score: 4, Funny
    That's facilitated by using C#, correct?

    Or more precisely, it's a likely side effect of using C#.

  5. kill them off BEFORE they commit suicide by michaeljmuller · · Score: 5, Funny


    i think it's inhumane to let your cells get to the point where they have to commit suicice. i euthanize my weak cells with jack daniels on a periodic basis.

  6. Nano-Suicide Booths by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Please select mode of death:

    1. Quick and painless
    2. Slow and painful
    3. It doesn't matter, you're genetically predisposed to die a horrible, horrible death. (Sorry, no refunds)

  7. To the Nobel Institute: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    This is to notify you that I have contacted the office of Attorney General John Ashcroft to legally prevent the ritualistic suicide of these countless cells. He, as a True Christian (tm), will not stand for these wicked acts.

  8. Another kind of cell death by r_j_prahad · · Score: 3, Funny

    Cell phone.
    Humongous gas guzzling SUV.
    Inattentive soccer mom.
    Unlighted bicycle on same roadway.

    That's what came to mind skimming the headline, cell phone death. I gotta sell my bike, it's making me paranoid.

  9. Whaaa? by spun · · Score: 3, Funny

    Someone posted a link to an opinion opposing his own on slashdot? This is SLASHDOT! We don't tell both sides of the story here, my good man.

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