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 Prof.
Ciechanover, Nobel laureate in
Chemistry 2004 and discoverer
of “Kiss of Death”
visited Thailand and pointed out
the phenomenon of destruction
of protein, which is the key to
human survival.
On April 10, 2008 at L01, Faculty
of Science, Phayathai campus,
Prof. Aaron J. Ciechanover, Israeli
scientist, winner of the Nobel
Prize in Chemistry in 2004 from
the discovery of “kiss of
death”, delivered a special
lecture entitled, “Life
and death - Why our proteins have
to die so we shall live”
for the full-house crowd, consisting
of students, faculty members,
and general public.
Prof. Dr. Skorn Mongkolsuk, Dean,
Faculty of Science revealed that
the Faculty of Science in collaboration
with the International Peace Foundation
organized special lectures by
Nobel Laureates in various fields
since 2005. These special lectures
are open to public free of charge,
and the special lecture by Prof.
Ciechanover is a part of commemoration
of 50th Anniversary of Faculty
of Science. The Honorary Minister
of Ministry of Science and Technology
presided over the opening ceremony
of the special lecture.
 The
key points that Prof. Ciechanover
acknowledged aimed at the mechanism
of protein destruction in organisms.
The reasons why we should be concern
about “Life and death –
Why our proteins have to die so
we shall live” is because
proteins are mechanics in our
body that concern with every activity,
no matter it may walking, seeing,
hearing, heart beating, digestion,
breathing, or excreting unwanted
waste from the body. Proteins
are transient, and are constantly
destroyed and synthesized continuously.
Each day, approximately 10% of
protein in our body are destroyed
and replaced. Many questions of
interest include 1) why are our
proteins destroyed, 2) what is
the mechanism of destruction,
3) what happen if this mechanism
go wrong, and 4) how can we correct
the abnormality? These are challenging
questions that await further proof.
Understanding of this phenomenon
leads to development of cancer
drugs and drugs that correct neurological
disorders such as Alzheimer’s
disease.
Post
Date : April 10, 2008 |
Nobel
laureate visited Faculty of Science
to solve “Why our proteins
have to die so we shall live”
for the discovery of “Kiss
of death”
