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Medicine/Physiology Nobel Laureates Announced

Posted by timothy on from the hey-that-smells-good dept.

Seehund writes "Today, the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet announced the laureates of this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Richard Axel and Linda B. Buck are jointly awarded the Nobel Prize for their discoveries in the field of odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system."

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  1. Wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    That really stinks.

    (It's a JOKE, not flamebait.)

  2. Obligitory... by wviperw · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, I remember reading that paper... it stunk.

    Ba Dum Cha!

    I'll be here all week folks. Try the fish!

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  3. They get a lot of dollars... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    For studying scents.

    It was close, though - they won by a nose.

  4. follow your nose... by k4_pacific · · Score: 3, Funny

    "...awarded the Nobel Prize for their discoveries in the field of odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system."

    I wonder if it explains why your own farts don't smell as bad as others.

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