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...nearly four decades, Kahn has utilized theory, molecular models, and animal experiments to elucidate the mechanisms behind how insulin functions in diabetes patients. And last month, Kahn was awarded the first annual Manpei Suzuki International Prize for Diabetes Research for the extensive work he has done “from the discovery of alterations in insulin binding in the disease state to the generation of tissue-specific insulin receptor knockout mice,” according to the foundation’s Web site...
...Gorden, who co-nominated Kahn for the Manpei Suzuki Prize, says he believes his former colleague has been crucial to efforts to piece together the disease. Gorden’s nomination letter refers to Kahn as “perhaps the most creative and productive figure in diabetes research in the U.S. and possibly the international community...
...Through it all, Kahn remains low-key and modest. When asked about the lab’s reaction to the Manpei Suzuki Prize, Russell said that he and the rest of the post-docs had to find out the news on their...
Every team had been given a standard kit of biological parts at the beginning of the summer. Since iGEM, which began in 2003, does not give prompts, a diverse array of projects were presented. The grand prize went to Slovenia’s “Immunobricks,” a project that developed a vaccine...
...Burma has scheduled multi-party elections in 2010. The polls are considered a charade by many international observers, who note that the leader of the main opposition party, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, is under house arrest and is barred from participating. But even after locking up a woman whose National League for Democracy won the 1990 elections that the junta then ignored, Burma's ruling brass still appears spooked by the power of the people. "Burma's leaders are clearing the decks of political activists," says Pearson, "before they announce the next round of sham political...