BIOLOGY HOME WORK
Meral2013
body_systems_project.docxBody Systems Project
Assignment: You will read about the assigned topic and write a 1-2 page paper describing the discovery the research for which the Nobel Prize was awarded. Use the nobelprize.org website for information. The Press Release and Advanced Information will give a good summary of the science as well as the significance to health.
Answer these questions in your paper:
A. Who were the researchers? Did they work together in the same lab or hospital?
B. When was the research done?
C. What problem were they addressing?
D. What did they discover?
E. What is the significance of their work to the world? Do any of their findings affect your health or your families' health?
Topic Selection: You can choose one of these 5 topics. Find these at http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/ Links to an external site. Links to an external site.
1.The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1985 Links to an external site.
Michael S. Brown Links to an external site. and Joseph L. Goldstein Links to an external site.
"for their discoveries concerning the regulation of cholesterol metabolism"
2.The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2005 Links to an external site.
Barry J. MarshallLinks to an external site. and J. Robin Warren Links to an external site.
"for their discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease"
3 . The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2010 (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site.
Robert G. Edwards (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site.
"for the development of in vitro fertilization"
Richard Axel (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. and Linda B. Buck (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
"for their discoveries of odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system"
Robert F. Furchgott (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. , Louis J. Ignarro (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. and Ferid Murad (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
