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posted by janrinok on Wednesday December 10 2014, @11:46PM   Printer-friendly
from the he-earned-it,-he-can-keep-it dept.

Spotted over at The Scientist is the report that the winning bidder will return Watson's Nobel prize medal following the auction last week.

It turns out that James Watson’s Nobel Prize medal, which he won in 1962 for co-discovering the structure of DNA, will be staying with the biologist after all. The Russian entrepreneur Alisher Usmanov, who paid $4.1 million for the medal at an auction last week (December 4), will return the prize to its original owner, The New York Times reports.

The New York Times' report adds:

Mr. Usmanov said his father had died of cancer, so he valued Dr. Watson’s contributions to cancer research. “It is important for me that the money that I spent on this medal will go to supporting scientific research,” [Usmanov] said, “and the medal will stay with the person who deserved it.”

 
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  • (Score: 2) by ikanreed on Friday December 12 2014, @02:39PM

    by ikanreed (3164) Subscriber Badge on Friday December 12 2014, @02:39PM (#125460) Journal

    No, I'm pretty sure I read your racist screed right, thanks.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 12 2014, @04:05PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 12 2014, @04:05PM (#125494)
    Which part of it was racist?

    Certain "white" breeds are provably more susceptible to cystic fibrosis than black breeds. Whereas the black breeds seem more prone to hypertension.

    That you won't read and can't think is your problem not mine.