Barry Sharpless smiles from his home in La Jolla, California, after
being awarded the 2001 Nobel prize in Chemistry for research that leads
to the creation of life-saving drugs, October 10, 2001. Sharpless
shares the $1 million award with Ryoji Noyori of Japan's Nagoya
University and William Knowles, for key research that has been used to
create numerous products, including antibiotics and anti-inflammatory
and heart drugs, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said in its
citation. REUTERS/Mike Blake

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