5 Scientists Recognized For Medical Advances
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NEW YORK -- Pioneers in psychotherapy and cell biology and three scientists who discovered a crucial enzyme linked to cancer and aging are being awarded prestigious medical prizes.
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U.S. scientists Richard Axel and  Linda Buck won the 2004 Nobel prize for medicine or physiology  on Monday for work on genes that control the sense of smell --  explaining how we recall months later the scent of a lilac.
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Scientists discover a new protein they believe could help develop much more effective medicines.
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The key genes which lead the body's fight against HIV infection have been pinpointed by scientists.
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Americans Andrew Fire and Craig Mello won the 2006 Nobel Prize for medicine on Monday for their discovery of how to switch off genes, a potential road to new treatments for diseases from AIDS to blindness and cancer.
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Scientists have made two significant  advances in developing a stem-cell patch to repair the damage  caused to the heart after an attack.
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Two American scientists -- one of whom graduated from Fairfax High School -- awakened early yesterday to learn they will share a Nobel Prize for their discovery of a gene-regulating mechanism inside cells, an advance that in just eight years has revolutionized genetics and led to several...
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US scientists believe they have made a discovery which could mean a cure for more diabetic patients in the future. Some patients have already been cured by islet cell transplants, but a major obstacle is a
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Wired Science finds the five most Wired companies among those touting medical devices, therapies, and drugs of tomorrow at the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco.
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Scientists may have made a breakthrough in finding a test and cure for pregnancy disorder pre-eclampsia.
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Scientists have moved closer to being able to use human stem cells to manufacture blood.
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Dr. Roger D. Kornberg of Stanford University School of Medicine won this yearÂs Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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Interfering with RNA The 2006 Nobel Prize for Medicine will be shared by MIT's Andrew Fire and Harvard's Craig Mello for their detective work on the phenomenon of RNA interference (RNAi), which has the potential to revolutionise medicine.â¦
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Scientists believe they are close to a significant breakthrough in the treatment of spinal injuries.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Israelis Aaron Ciechanover and Avram Hershko and American Irwin Rose won the 2004 Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for discovering a key way cells destroy unwanted proteins - starting with a chemical "kiss of death."   When the process goes wrong, several hundred diseases can result, including cervical cancer and cystic fibrosis. So the work provides the basis for developing new therapies...
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Some of the world's best minds explore cures for the most difficult problems in providing quality medical care for all.
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Of the three Nobel Prizes announced this week, the five different researchers share one decidedly common trait: They're all American.