The work of Thomas R. Cech has revolutionized the way in which scientists look at RNA and at proteins. Up to the time of Cech's discoveries in 1981 and 1982, it had been thought that genetic coding, stored in the DNA of the nucleus, was imprinted or...

The work of Thomas R. Cech has revolutionized the way in which scientists look at RNA and at proteins, leading not only to new technologies in RNA engineering but also to a revised view of the evolution of life. Cech shared the 1989 Nobel Prize for...

American biochemist Thomas R. Cech (born 1947) received the Nobel Prize in 1989 for his groundbreaking discovery of the role of the RNA molecule not only as a molecule of heredity, but also as a biocatalyst. Discovered Science at an Early Age Thomas...

1947- American chemist whose work on the structure and function of chromosomes was recognized by a number of prizes, including the 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, which he shared with Sidney Altman. Cech's studies of RNA and nuclear enzymes...

Thomas Robert Cech (December 8, 1947 in Chicago) is a Nobel Laureate in chemistry. He grew up in Iowa City, Iowa. In 1966, he entered Grinnell College where he obtained a B.A. in 1970. In 1975, Cech completed his Ph.D. in Chemistry at the University of...

If Thomas R. Cech, was surprised that he won this year's Nobel Prize for Chemistry, his colleagues and mentors were not. There was reason to suspect he was headed for scientific glory while he was still a schoolboy, winning state science fairs in Iowa...

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....

The buzz around Harvard is that the university could soon name its first woman president. But gender is hardly the only issue on the table as a nine-member committee tries to fill one of academia's most prestigious jobs.Other factors include whether 21-century Harvard needs a...

The buzz around Harvard is that the university could soon name its first woman president. But gender is hardly the only issue on the table as a nine-member committee tries to fill one of academia's most prestigious jobs.Other factors include whether 21-century Harvard needs a...