The roads to Stockholm: On the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

On November 27, 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his last will and testament in Paris that specified details of five prizes to “those who during the past year have done humanity the greatest service”. For the past over 100 years, the Nobel Prizes have been forever linked to the supreme achievement of the modern world in science and literature. Winning the Nobel Prizes became dreams of many young and not so young people in science and literature. “How to win a Nobel Prize?” was an innocent question posed to Sydney Brenner recently by a Chinese student.……