BREAKING NEWS

Jewish doctor from New York co-recipient of Nobel Prize

By JTA

OCTOBER 10, 2012 13:58

Robert J. Lefkowitz, a Jewish physician and path-breaking biochemist from New York, has won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry jointly with Brian K. Kobilka, a researcher at California’s Stanford University.

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2012 went to the scientists for “groundbreaking discoveries that reveal the inner workings of an important family ... of receptors: G-protein–coupled receptors,” an Oct. 10 posting on the website of the Nobel Prize stated. Understanding how these receptors function helped further explain how cells could sense their environment, according to the text.

Two Palestinians were shot dead after trying to break through checkpoint

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

04/27/2024 04:37 AM

IDF strikes Khan Yunis, Rafah and Nuseirat

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

04/27/2024 04:30 AM

IDF: Mt Hermon targeted by 30 launches, no known casualties

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

04/26/2024 09:34 PM

Pentagon chief: Iran should question strategy after Israel attack failed

By REUTERS

04/26/2024 08:55 PM