Wee Beasties in Nature 432, 2 December 2004, 557
London: Macmillan, 2004. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION, ORIGINAL PRINTED WRAPS, OF A 2004 ESSAY BY THE NOBEL PRIZE WINNING ENGLISH GENETICIST, PAUL NURSE. The essay is discusses both a personal and scientific turning point, relating to “how a tiny observation turned out to have a controlling influence” on his 1974 research.
“Paul Nurse has helped to show how the cell cycle is controlled. Through studies of yeast in the mid-1970s, he was able to show that a special gene plays a decisive role in several of the cell cycle's phases. In 1987 he identified a corresponding human gene” and in 2001, Nurse won the Nobel Prize "for their discoveries of key regulators of the cell cycle", contributing to a revolution in cell biology and cancer research. Item #1124
CONDITION & DETAILS: London: Macmillan. Original wraps. 4to. (11 x 8.25 inches; 275 x 206mm. Mailing label on front wrap; very slight rubbing at the edges. The wraps are tight and solid. Bright and clean inside and out. Near fine.
Price: $70.00