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Re:Svante Pääbo awarded Nobel Prize for studies of extinct h... by rurban on Monday October 03, 2022 @06:39AM (#33065692)
No COVID-19 vaccination breakthrough awarded?
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Re:Svante Pääbo awarded Nobel Prize for studies of extinct h... by whizzter on Monday October 03, 2022 @07:15AM (#33065920)
The ones most likely to receive the prize isn't that old yet, also since the DDT scandal they do prefer to wait a bit to hedge on delivering prize before side-effects are known (Often one wishes the ones awarding the peace prize had kept that in mind).
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Re:Svante Pääbo awarded Nobel Prize for studies of extinct h... by folli on Monday October 03, 2022 @08:39AM (#33066654)
TIL

> Müller was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1948 "for his discovery of the high efficiency of DDT as a contact poison against several arthropods".

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Re:Svante Pääbo awarded Nobel Prize for studies of extinct h... by dennis_jeeves1 on Monday October 03, 2022 @08:18PM (#33075325)
The lobotomy guy too was awarded the prize I think.
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Re:Svante Pääbo awarded Nobel Prize for studies of extinct h... by dennis_jeeves1 on Monday October 03, 2022 @08:15PM (#33075318)
Wait another 30 years, it would be hailed a miracle just like the small-pox vaccine. Like they say, the victors (re)write the history.
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