Re:Aaron Klug, Nobel-winning scientist who examined molecula...
by onetimemanytime on Monday November 26, 2018 @02:42AM
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92 yo, so I searched and here it is: "Winning a Nobel prize adds nearly two years to your lifespan - and it's not because of the cash that goes with it.
Research from Warwick University reveals that the status alone conferred on a scientist by the world's most famous prize is enough to prolong his life (only male laureates and contenders were studied because women tend to live longer)."https://www.theguardian.com/education/2007/jan/17/highereduc...
> for his development of crystallographic electron microscopy and his structural elucidation of biologically important nucleic acid-protein complexes.
Including virus structure, such as tobacco mosaic virus:
http://pdb101.rcsb.org/motm/109
Research from Warwick University reveals that the status alone conferred on a scientist by the world's most famous prize is enough to prolong his life (only male laureates and contenders were studied because women tend to live longer)." https://www.theguardian.com/education/2007/jan/17/highereduc...