2006
Muhammad Yunus – Biographical
Biographical
“Banker to the Poor”Professor Muhammad Yunus established the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh in 1983, fueled by the belief that credit is a fundamental human right. His objective was to help poor people escape from poverty by providing loans on terms suitable to them and by teaching them a few sound financial principles so they could…
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Prize announcement
Prize announcement
Following the announcement, Geir Lundestad, Secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, was interviewed by freelance journalist Øystein Heggen about the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureates.
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Illustrated information
Illustrated information
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2006 The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 2006 jointly to Andrew Fire and Craig Mello for their discovery of RNA interference – gene silencing by double-stranded RNA. RNA interference is a fundamental mechanism for controlling the flow of…
moreCraig C. Mello – Biographical
Biographical
I recall a sunny September morning in Virginia. I remember the sound of the school bus taking away the older kids, including my two siblings Jean and Frank. My mother, no doubt, was busy with my baby brother Roger. I was playing in the creek as I often did, turning over stones, looking for small…
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