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Hopkins scientists receive prestigious awards

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Two of the most prestigious prizes in biology were recently awarded to Hopkins scientists. Andrew Fire shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of RNA interference. Carol Greider shared the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Biomedical Research, often described as the "American Nobel," for her work on the enzyme telomerase....

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Tina McDowell

posted 10/10/06 @ 8:03 AM EST

Your story is misleading in the lead paragraph regarding the affiliation of Andrew Fire. He was a Carnegie scientist when he and Mellow discovered RNAi.(Mello was not a Carnegie scientist.) You attribute his affiliation as a Hopkins researcher. His affliation with Hopkins is secondary.
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