The genetic information flows from the DNA in our genetic material via RNA to proteins, which in turn construct cells with different functions. This principle is called the central dogma of the chemistry of life. It was previously believed that the nucleic acids DNA and RNA serve solely as carriers of the genetic information, whereas…

12 October 1989 has decided to award the 1989 Nobel Prize in chemistry jointly to Professor Sidney Altman, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Professor Thomas Cech, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA for their discovery of catalytic properties of RNA. Ribonucleic acid (RNA) – a biomolecule of many functions Summary This year’s Nobel Prize in…

Normally chemical reactions do not proceed spontaneously, but require the help of a catalyst.     A catalyst accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being changed. For example, the reaction of hydrogen with oxygen to produce water requires the addition of the metal platinum. These days we encounter the concept of a catalyst most often in connection…

Scientific American (1986) Vol 255, 76-84. Trends in Biochemical Sciences (1989) Vol 11, 515-518. Journal of the American Medical Association (1988) Vol 260, 3030-3034. Advances in Enzymology (1989) Vol 62, 1-36. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, (press release).  

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Swedish Academy The Permanent Secretary Press release October 19, 1989 The Nobel Prize in Literature 1989 Camilo José Cela This year’s Nobel Prize for literature goes to the Spanish writer Camilo José Cela. With him is rewarded the leading figure in Spain’s literary renewal during the postwar era. The background of Cela’s experience is the…

  Presentation Speech by Professor Knut Ahnlund, of the December 10, 1989 Translation from the Swedish text Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, Camilo José Cela has written upwards of a hundred books, a veritable library in itself, filled with the most astounding contrasts, popular, crudely humorous tales side by side with some…

Camilo José Cela Trulock was born on 11 May, 1916, in Iria Flavia, district of Padron, province of la Coruña. Principal works: Poetry: Pisando la dudosa luz del dia (1956; 1st ed. 1945). Novels: La familia de Pascual Duarte (1942), Pabellón de reposo (1943), Nuevas andanzas y desventuras de Lazarillo de Tormes (1944), La colmena…

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I was born August 27, 1915 in Washington, D.C. My mother, daughter of German immigrants, had been a mathematics instructor at the University of Kansas. My father, descended from Scottish refugees and a West Point graduate, was an officer in the Army Ordnance Corps. His frequently changing assignments took us from Washington, DC to Topeka,…