In the early 1980s, Sidney Altman discovered that ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules can act as enzymes. This disclosure, independently and concurrently made by Thomas R. Cech of the University of Colorado, broadened our understanding of the origins of...

In the early 1980s, Sidney Altman discovered that ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules can act as enzymes. This disclosure, independently and concurrently made by Thomas R. Cech of the University of Colorado, broadened scientists' understanding of the...

Research by molecular biologist Sidney Altman (born 1939) has helped unravel many of the mysteries surrounding deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), the chemical at the heart of the cells of all living things that controls their structure and purpose. For their...

Patents and primordial soup The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded jointly last month to Thomas Cech at the University of Colorado, Boulder and Yale's Sidney Altman, for their independent discovery of catalytic RNA. The biochemistry textbooks will need some revision....

For Altman, screenplay is just a blueprint By DUANE DUDEK Journal Sentinel film critic Thursday, October 12, 2000 Screenwriter Anne Rapp wrote Robert Altman's new film, "Dr. T and the Women," and the actors -- Richard Gere, Kate Hudson, Farrah...