[ed. Two Americans and a "German-American" won the Nobel Prize in medicine. Thanks, Yahoo!]
Two Americans and a German-American won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for illuminating how tiny bubbles inside cells shuttle key substances around like a vast and highly efficient fleet of vans, delivering the right cargo to the right place at the right time.
Sudhof, who was born in Germany but moved to the U.S. in 1983 and also has American citizenship [ed.], told the AP he received the call from the committee while driving in Spain, where he was due to give a talk.
[ed. And, in other news...]
Rothman said he lost grant money for the work recognized by the Nobel committee, but he will now reapply, hoping the prize will make a difference in receiving funding.
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