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Maya Ajmera, President & CEO of the Society for Science and Publisher of Science News, chatted with Paul Modrich, James B. Duke Professor of Biochemistry at Duke University Medical Center, ahead of ...

Dennis Alan Modrich, aged 79, passed away on March 24, 2024, in Scottsdale Arizona. He was born on August 9, 1944, in Chicago, Illinois. Dennis was the youngest of six children. Dennis is survived by ...

Angeline Modrich,nee Botica, 83, of Sun City, Arizona, formerly of Chicago, at rest Dec. 5, 2007. Beloved wife of the late Michael; loving mother of Kathleen (Louis) Fahrberger of Gilbert, Arizona, ...

An interview with Paul Modrich, James B. Duke Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry at Duke University. Modrich was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize for Chemistry jointly with Tomas Lindahl of the ...

The three scientists share this year's chemistry prize "for mechanistic studies of DNA repair." Their work helped contribute, among other things, towards new treatments for cancer. Sweden's Tomas ...

Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar honoured for mapping and explaining how cells repair their DNA and safeguard the genetic information The Nobel prize in chemistry has been awarded to Tomas ...

Angeline Modrich, nee Botica, 83, of Sun City, Arizona, formerly of Chicago, at rest Dec. 5, 2007. Beloved wife of the late Michael; loving mother of Kathleen (Louis) Fahrberger of Gilbert, Arizona, ...

When the Park District of Franklin Park hired Joe Modrich out of college in 1974, much of the present landscaping and infrastructure – the parkland, athletic fields and indoor facilities – were ...

Norman G. Modrich, 76, beloved husband of Margaret, nee Jonas; loving father of Judy (Jeff) Bott, Jean (Glenn) Dye, Tom (Melanie) and Linda Moore; cherished grandfather of nine; dear brother of ...