The highly coveted Nobel Prize has just been announced for 2009. Since 1901, it has been highlighting extraordinary achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and peace.
This year’s award for Physiology or Medicine goes to Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak for their work with Chromosomes. Their powerful research examines the telomeres, the “shoelace tip” like end caps of a strand of DNA. As cells in our bodies reproduce and age, fragments of nucleotides are lost from the ends of each strand of DNA. The telomeres slow or prevent the fission of that genetic information. This has powerful ramifications for functional Medicine with applications towards the normal aging process and degenerative diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s.
Study the process of both sexual and asexual reproduction in a cell using our Mitosis and Meiosis models.
Mitosis model
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Meiosis Model
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Watch Professor Rune Toftgård explain the story behind the discovery of telomeres and telomerase, and how key discoveries came from unlikely sources:
Likewise, this year’s Nobel Prize for Chemistry delves into the inner depths of a cell to explore its Ribosome. Using X ray Christalography, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz, and Ada E. Yonath mapped every individual atom in a Ribosome to determine how its form leads to its little understood functions. The Ribosome is the “chef” of a cell, reading the “recipe” of DNA to “cook up” proteins essential for life. The Medical application of this research is limitless, the most forefront of which is in developing new antibiotics. By targeting the Ribosome of a virus, antibiotics can be developed to attack the newer drug-resistant infections by destroying it’s Ribosome.
Study the Ribosome in both Plant and Animal cells, housed in both the Mitochondria and Nucleus, the Ribosome is truly the creator of life.
Animal cell model
The two piece animal cell model shows the form and structure of a typical animal cell as viewed by an electron microscope... read more
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Plant cell model, magnified 500,000-1,000,000 times
The two piece plant cell model shows the structures of a typical plant cell with cytoplasm and cell... read more
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For further information about The Nobel Prize Award 2009 and to learn more about the specifics and winners of this year’s Nobel Prizes, click through the following links:
Physiology or Medicine
Physics
Chemistry
This year’s award for Physiology or Medicine goes to Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak for their work with Chromosomes. Their powerful research examines the telomeres, the “shoelace tip” like end caps of a strand of DNA. As cells in our bodies reproduce and age, fragments of nucleotides are lost from the ends of each strand of DNA. The telomeres slow or prevent the fission of that genetic information. This has powerful ramifications for functional Medicine with applications towards the normal aging process and degenerative diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s.
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| Elizabeth H. Blackburn | Carol W. Greider | Jack W. Szostak | ||
| Photo: Gerbil, Licensed by Attribution Share Alike 3.0 | Photo: Gerbil, Licensed by Attribution Share Alike 3.0 | Photo: Jussi Puikkonen |
Study the process of both sexual and asexual reproduction in a cell using our Mitosis and Meiosis models.
Mitosis modelThis newly developed 3B Scientific ® model series shows the following 9 phases of mitosis on the basis of a typical mammal cell... read more
American 3B Scientific Item: R01
BUY NOW
Meiosis ModelThis newly developed 3B Scientific® meiosis model series shows the 10 stages of meiosis on the basis of a typical mammal cell... read more
American 3B Scientific Item: R02
BUY NOW
Watch Professor Rune Toftgård explain the story behind the discovery of telomeres and telomerase, and how key discoveries came from unlikely sources:
Likewise, this year’s Nobel Prize for Chemistry delves into the inner depths of a cell to explore its Ribosome. Using X ray Christalography, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz, and Ada E. Yonath mapped every individual atom in a Ribosome to determine how its form leads to its little understood functions. The Ribosome is the “chef” of a cell, reading the “recipe” of DNA to “cook up” proteins essential for life. The Medical application of this research is limitless, the most forefront of which is in developing new antibiotics. By targeting the Ribosome of a virus, antibiotics can be developed to attack the newer drug-resistant infections by destroying it’s Ribosome.
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| Venkatraman Ramakrishnan | Thomas A. Steitz | Ada E. Yonath | ||
| Photo: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology | Credits: Michael Marsland/Yale University | Credits: Micheline Pelletier/Corbis |
Study the Ribosome in both Plant and Animal cells, housed in both the Mitochondria and Nucleus, the Ribosome is truly the creator of life.
Animal cell modelThe two piece animal cell model shows the form and structure of a typical animal cell as viewed by an electron microscope... read more
American 3B Scientific Item: R04
BUY NOW
Plant cell model, magnified 500,000-1,000,000 timesThe two piece plant cell model shows the structures of a typical plant cell with cytoplasm and cell... read more
American 3B Scientific Item: R05
BUY NOW
For further information about The Nobel Prize Award 2009 and to learn more about the specifics and winners of this year’s Nobel Prizes, click through the following links:
Physiology or Medicine
Physics
Chemistry
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