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Nobel prizewinner talks about cell hydration
To maintain even pressure in the cells it is important that water can pass through the cell wall. This has been known for a long time. The appearance and function of these pores, remained for a long time as one of the classical unsolved problems of biochemistry. It was not until around 1990 that Peter Agre discovered the first water channel. Like so much else in the living cell, it was all about a protein.Will the real Lorenzo please stand up?
Will the real Lorenzo please stand up?
Lorenzo Odone is 25 years old and lives in Washington. Eighteen years ago he was diagnosed with an incurable disease and given less than two years to live.
His remarkable survival is due to his parents' single minded refusal to accept the doctors' grim