VANCOUVER: Geneticized Michael Smith became the co-winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which awards the S] million (Cdn) prize, cited Smith’s work in developing the technique known as “site directed mutagenesis.” The technique, developed more than a decade ago, was seen important very quickly, said Ron Warton, head of genetics at the Hospital for Sikh children. But the committee that picks Nobel winners likes to wait and see how useful a discovery will become. It is the second time in two years that a chemist with a connection to Canada has won the Nobel. Last year, Fuldalt Marcys, ban in Montreal but now a U.S, citizen won for his work on the transfer of subatomic particles in chemical reactions.
Article extracted from this publication >> October 22, 1993
