2004 Nobel chemistry winner Irwin Rose dies at 88
Source: AP
DEERFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Irwin Rose, a biochemist who shared the 2004 Nobel Prize in chemistry for discovering a way that cells destroy unwanted proteins — the basis for developing new therapies for diseases such as cervical cancer and cystic fibrosis — has died. He was 88.
Rose died in his sleep early Tuesday in Deerfield, Massachusetts, said spokeswoman Janet Wilson of the University of California, Irvine, where Rose had been a researcher.
Rose had a "formidable intellect and unwavering curiosity about fundamental biological and chemical processes that are the foundation for life," UCI Chancellor Howard Gillman said in a university statement.
Each human cell contains about 100,000 different proteins, which carry out jobs such as speeding up chemical reactions and acting as signals.
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In this Friday, Dec. 10, 2004 file photo Irwin Rose of the U.S., left, receives the Nobel Prize in Chemistry from King Carl Gustaf of Sweden, right, during a ceremony at the Concert Hall in Stockholm, Sweden. Irwin Rose, a biochemist who shared the 2004 Nobel Prize in chemistry for discovering a way that cells destroy unwanted proteins, the basis for developing new therapies for diseases such as cervical cancer and cystic fibrosis, has died, Tuesday, June 2, 2015. He was 88. (Henrik Montgomery/Pressens Bild via AP, Pool, File)
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