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Nobel Prize in Chemistry
October 5 , 2017
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- Scientists Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry developing cryo-electron microscopy, which improves the imaging bimolecular activities of enzyme’s that causes disorders like Zika and Alzheimer's.
- So far beams electrons were used with a technique known as transmission electron microscopy (TEM) or scientists employed a method known as x-ray crystallography in which x-rays are scattered as they pass through samples, creating patterns that can be analysed to reveal the structure of molecules.
- Structure of atoms cannot be studied when molecular reaction is being carried out.
- Cryo-Microscopy operates based on principle of 3D imaging.
- The ultra-sensitive imaging method allows molecules to be flash-frozen to cryogenic temperatures (-150 degree Celsius ). Microscopic parts of the cell are studied in their natural form, without the need for Microscopic Strain Dye.
- This invention will lead to development in fields of bio chemistry, development of pharmaceuticals and pave way for developing medicines to Zika , Alzheimer’s and other disorders.
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