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'Kiss of Death' Discoverers Get Nobel Prize

Posted by timothy on from the ask-your-doctor-if-ubiquitin-is-right-for-you dept.

baldinux writes "Science Daily has written an article describing the cellular process of regulated protein degredation, which has landed three people the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. According to the article, this finding could greatly help researchers understand ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation, making it possible to develop drugs to treat cervical cancer, for example."

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  1. regulated protein degredation by OverlordQ · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hey . . didn't they try that on Jurrasic Park . . look where *that* got them.

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  2. Cervical kiss of death? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Whoa! What a loaded statement! Nothing else need be said.

  3. That's great, but by blankman · · Score: 5, Funny

    how long until they patent "A process for breaking down and degrading proteins" and send cease-and-desist letters telling everyone to stop digesting ny meat they eat this instant.

  4. What does that have to do with kissing? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    The article talked a lot about protein, but no kissing!

  5. Re:I think I should clarify what all this means... by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 4, Funny

    What nobody understood, however, was how it knew what proteins to recycle - after all, if proteins were just recycled randomly we'd all be globs of jelly.

    Chronic intoxication by McDonald's products seems to randomize protein recycling quite a bit then.

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  6. Re:I think I should clarify what all this means... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    we'd all be globs of jelly.

    I'm sick of people complaining about Slashdot veing America-centric. It's an American site. Most of us ARE globs of jelly.

  7. low blow by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Kiss of Death" causes "cervical cancer"? Nerds, that's just an excuse not to please your girlfriend.

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  8. Oh... THAT kiss of death... by moniker · · Score: 2, Funny

    My Bad...

  9. Damn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    We'll finally be rid of that damned Atkins diet!

  10. SOMEBODY had to ask this: by rts008 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Can the research now focus on how to attatch ubiquitin to goatse?

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