10/7/13

Fact of the Week: October 7, 2013

Three scientists,  James Rothman and Randy Schekman, both from the US, and Thomas Sudhof, from Germany, have won the Nobel Prize for medicine or physiology after discovering how cells precisely transport material.

They found the way "vesicles" act like a fleet of ships transporting their goods to the exact destination.

Cite:
Cellular 'shipping' wins Nobel Prize http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24427951

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