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| − | '''Richard Axel''', [[Columbia College|CC]] '67, discovered a technique of cotransformation, a process which allows foreign DNA to be inserted into a host cell to produce certain proteins. Patents were filed. These are are known as the "Axel patents". They are used by many pharmaceutical and biotech companies, and have made a pile of money for Columbia. At one point, the university made around $100m per year from the patents. The patents finally expired in August [[2000]]. Boo. | + | '''Richard Axel''', [[Columbia College|CC]] '[[1967|67]], discovered a technique of cotransformation, a process which allows foreign DNA to be inserted into a host cell to produce certain proteins. Patents were filed. These are are known as the "Axel patents". They are used by many pharmaceutical and biotech companies, and have made a pile of money for Columbia. At one point, the university made around $100m per year from the patents. The patents finally expired in August [[2000]]. Boo. |
Axel won a [[Nobel Prize]] in [[2004]]. He will be one of the heads of the [[Jerome L. Green Science Center]]. | Axel won a [[Nobel Prize]] in [[2004]]. He will be one of the heads of the [[Jerome L. Green Science Center]]. | ||
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Richard Axel, CC '67, discovered a technique of cotransformation, a process which allows foreign DNA to be inserted into a host cell to produce certain proteins. Patents were filed. These are are known as the "Axel patents". They are used by many pharmaceutical and biotech companies, and have made a pile of money for Columbia. At one point, the university made around $100m per year from the patents. The patents finally expired in August 2000. Boo.
Axel won a Nobel Prize in 2004. He will be one of the heads of the Jerome L. Green Science Center.
