STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - DECEMBER 10: Roger D. Kornberg of United States receives the 2006 Nobel Prize in Chemistry from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden during the Nobel Foundation Prize 2006 at the Concert Hall on December 10, 2006 in Stockholm, Sweden. Getty Images logo Getty Images 36 months ago

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - DECEMBER 10: Roger D. Kornberg of United States receives the 2006 Nobel Prize in Chemistry from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden during the Nobel Foundation Prize 2006 at the Concert Hall on December 10, 2006 in Stockholm, Sweden.

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  2. The 2009 Nobel laureate in medicine Jack Szostak attends a joint news conference held by the Nobel Foundation at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm December 6, 2009. The Nobel Prize ceremony will take place in Stockholm on December 10. Elizabeth Blackburn, Szostak and Carol Greider won the prize for medicine for revealing the existence and nature of telomerase, an enzyme that helps prevent the fraying of chromosomes that underlies ageing and cancer.
  3. The 2009 Nobel laureates in medicine Carol Greider (L), Elizabeth Blackburn (C) and Jack Szostak (R) attend a joint news conference held by the Nobel Foundation at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm December 6, 2009. The Nobel Prize ceremony will take place in Stockholm on December 10. The laureates won the prize for medicine for revealing the existence and nature of telomerase, an enzyme that helps prevent the fraying of chromosomes that underlies ageing and cancer.
  4. The 2009 Nobel laureate in medicine Carol Greider of the U.S gestures during a joint news conference held by the Nobel Foundation at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm December 6, 2009. The Nobel Prize ceremony will take place in Stockholm on December 10. Australian-born Elizabeth Blackburn, British-born Jack Szostak and Greider won the prize for medicine for revealing the existence and nature of telomerase, an enzyme that helps prevent the fraying of chromosomes that underlies ageing and cancer.
  5. The 2009 Nobel laureates in medicine Carol W Greider of the US during a joint news conference held by the Nobel Foundation at the Karolinska Institute on Saturday Dec. 6, 2009, in Stockholm, Sweden. The Nobel Prize ceremony will take place on Thursday Dec. 10, 2009 in Stockholm.
  6. The 2009 Nobel laureate in medicine Elizabeth H Blackburn of the US talks during a joint news conference held by the Nobel Foundation at the Karolinska Institute on Saturday Dec. 6, 2009, in Stockholm, Sweden. The Nobel Prize ceremony will take place on Thursday Dec. 10, 2009 in Stockholm.
  7. The 2009 Nobel laureate in medicine Jack W Szostak of USA during a joint news conference held by the Nobel Foundation at the Karolinska Institute on Sunday Dec.6, 2009, in Stockholm Sweden. The Nobel Prize ceremony will take place on Thursday Dec.10, 2009 in Stockholm, Sweden.
  8. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left, poses with Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf, right and Queen Silvia, centre, prior to a gala dinner for the president at the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden Tuesday Oct. 6 2009. President Lula has a bandage around his left index finger.
  9. Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf (L) welcomes Spain's King Juan Carlos I at the Swedish embassy in Madrid on September 24, 2009. Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf is on a visit to Spain.
  10. Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf (L) welcomes Spain's King Juan Carlos I at the Swedish embassy in Madrid on September 24, 2009. Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf is on a visit to Spain.
  11. Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf (L) welcomes Spain's King Juan Carlos I at the Swedish embassy in Madrid on September 24, 2009. Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf is on a visit to Spain.
  12. Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf (L) hands over the Swedish government's Baltic Sea Prize to Russian Deputy Natural Resources Minister Igor Maydanov, representing winner HELCOM during the EU conference on the Baltic Sea in Stockholm September 17, 2009. Maydanov is chairman of HELCOM that is an organisation that supervises the convention on the protection of the Baltic Sea.
  13. Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf (L) hands over the Swedish government's Baltic Sea Prize to Russian Deputy Natural Resources Minister Igor Maydanov, representing winner HELCOM during the EU conference on the Baltic Sea in Stockholm September 17, 2009. Maydanov is chairman of HELCOM that is an organisation that supervises the convention on the protection of the Baltic Sea.
  14. Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf, left, hands over the Swedish government's Baltic Sea Prize to Russian Deputy Minister Igor Maydanov, right, representing the winner the Helsinki Commission (HELCOM) during the EU conference on the Baltic Sea in Stockholm, Thursday Sept. 17, 2009. Maydanov is chairman of HELCOM which is an organization that supervises the convention on the protection of the Baltic Sea. ** SWEDEN OUT.
  15. Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf, left, hands over the Swedish government's Baltic Sea Prize to Russian Deputy Minister Igor Maydanov, right, representing the winner the Helsinki Commission (HELCOM) during the EU conference on the Baltic Sea in Stockholm, Thursday Sept. 17, 2009. Maydanov is chairman of HELCOM which is an organization that supervises the convention on the protection of the Baltic Sea. ** SWEDEN OUT.

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