Discovery of how cells sense oxygen levels gets the 2019 Nobel Prize in Medicine.The 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to William G. Kaelin Jr, Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza “for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability.” They identified molecular machinery that regulates the activity of genes in response to varying levels of oxygen and established the basis for our understanding of how oxygen levels affect cellular metabolism and physiological function.
Their discoveries have also paved the way for promising new strategies to fight anemia, cancer and many other diseases.With end of New York outbreak, US keeps measles elimination status The United States has maintained its measles elimination status of nearly 20 years. On Oct. 4, the New York State Department of Health declared the end of the state’s nearly…
