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Visn. Nac. Akad. Nauk Ukr. 2016. (1): 30-40
https://doi.org/10.15407/visn2016.01.030

S.V. Komisarenko, S.I. Romanyuk 
Palladin Institute of Biochemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv

HOW CELLS MANAGE TO KEEP DNA MOLECULES UNDAMAGED OR WHY DOES LIFE EXIST ON EARTH?
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015

Abstract:
On October 7, 2015 in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden in the frame of the 114th Nobel Week the Nobel Committee of the Royal Swedish Academy has awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015 to Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modric and Aziz Sancar. This award is especially prestigious because the Nobel Prize founder was Swedish entrepreneur and inventor Alfred Nobel (1833–1896) who himself was a chemist and who got his fortune due to the dynamite invention. Chemistry was second after physics, which was mentioned in his testament.
Keywords: DNA damage, DNA repair, Nobel Prize.

 

Language of article: ukrainian

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