Dr. Hargobind Khorana, the Indian Nobel Laureate, passed away on 9th Nov 2011. It is that the demise of such a genius Indian was neglected by the media for some very trivial and pesky coverage of celebrities. It is indeed very lamentable and would wish media to draw its attention towards Indians who have created a history in world and left a mark. A Nobel Winner for Medicine, Dr. Khorana's work was a great boost for the entire genetic engineering and the pharmaceutical field. He solved the mystery of Human Genes in three letters; U, A and C! These custom-designed pieces of artificial genes are widely used in biology labs for sequencing, cloning and engineering new plants and animals. A company can order a synthetic gene from any of a number of companies. One merely needs to send the genetic sequence to one of the companies to receive the desired sequence. The entire clone engineering received a major boost due to this. he received the Nobel Prize in 1968 along with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Holley.
But who cares!
R.I.P. Dr. Khorana! India will remain indebted and so will be the entire world
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