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Fluorescent Protein Research Lands Scientists Nobel Prize

Posted by timothy on from the also-will-change-dinner-forever dept.

Iddo Genuth writes "The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has announced three recipients of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry award for 2008: jointly given to Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie and Roger Y. Tsien 'for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP' — a remarkable brightly glowing green fluorescent protein first observed in the beautiful jellyfish, Aequorea victoria, in 1962."

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  1. Re:Damn! by megamerican · · Score: 3, Funny

    I thought my BBQ sauce was going to win the Nobel Prize for Chemistry :(

    Everyone knows that BBQ sauce goes under the peace category.

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  2. Re:Well.... by MyLongNickName · · Score: 3, Funny

    You're not even trying, are you?

    Actually, he is very trying.

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  3. don't give them the money by sgt+scrub · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hold onto the cash until they successfully splice it into the mosquito's DNA. Glowing mosquito == dead mosquito!

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  4. Re:Good for them! by camperdave · · Score: 4, Funny

    The questions remaining: Can they get blue as well as green and red? Can they be injected into skin cells? Can the glow be controlled by the nervous system? Which tattoo parlour can give me my glow in the dark thought controlled, full color tattoo?

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