References & Sources  -  October 17, 1998

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Medical Nobel prize says yes to NO

The 1998 Nobel Prize in Medicine honors research by Robert F. Furchgott, Louis J. Ignarro, and Ferid Murad showing that the gas nitric oxide is a signaling molecule in the cardiovascular system and many other tissues.

 

References:

Information about the Nobel Prize winning research by Robert F. Furchgott, Louis J. Ignarro, and Ferid Murad can be found at the Karolinska Institute's Web site at http://sunsite.utk.edu/nobel/medicine98.html.

 

Further Readings:

Sternberg, S. 1996. Hemoglobin molecule’s secret revealed. Science News 149(March 23):180.

 

Sources:

Jonathan S. Stamler
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC 27710

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 16, October 17, 1998, p. 246.
Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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