Kensō Soai

Imagine what a great surprise to win a Nobel Prize at 95.

Uh, and, uh, Kenzo Soai is 76.

That's the Japanese, uh, man.

Uh, and the prize is for a puzzle that is older than most of our grandparents.

So it, it's been a mystery saying, hey, how did that come up? And of course, for those who believe in God and in intelligent design say, hey, this was a design choice.

And for many, many years, and it still is, it's a great argument for saying, hey, this is a still big mystery that hasn't been solved.

However, these men, particularly Kenzo, um, Soai, he created a experiment which is very interesting, I have to admit.

In, in-- it was first published in the, uh, famous science, uh, magazine, Nature, in 1995.

Two are awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry by Gareth Vipers and Chow Deng.

Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai were awarded the twenty twenty-six Nobel Prize, Prize in Chemistry for breakthroughs that have helped advance the development of modern pharmaceuticals.

Kagan of France's Université Paris-Sud, University of Paris South, and Soai, who is based at Tokyo University of Science, will share the twelve million Swedish kronor, or roughly one point two million dollar prize.

The pair's research relates to a concept called possibly homochirality.

So the pair's research relates to a concept called homochirality, which is the tendency of living systems to use just one of two possible mirror image forms of a molecule.

It is important for the synthesis of small molecules in drugs that can interact with amino acids and sugars in the body in powerful ways.

Quoting, "Thanks to Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai, we now know how homochirality can emerge," the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said Wednesday.

"Their discoveries have been decisive for chemists who design reactions for the manufacture of pharmaceuticals." Hmm, I think I will cut that article off at that point, and it was on page A9.

Two are awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry by Gareth Vipers and Chow Deng.

Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai were awarded the twenty twenty-six Nobel Prize, Prize in Chemistry for breakthroughs that have helped advance the development of modern pharmaceuticals.

Kagan of France's Université Paris Sud, University of Paris South, and Soai, who is based at Tokyo University of Science, will share the twelve million Swedish kronor, or roughly one point two million dollar prize.

The pair's research relates to a concept called possibly homochirality.

So the pair's research relates to a concept called homochirality, which is the tendency of living systems to use just one of two possible mirror image forms of a molecule.

It is important for the synthesis of small molecules in drugs that can interact with amino acids and sugars in the body in powerful ways.

Quoting, "Thanks to Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai, we now know how homochirality can emerge," the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said Wednesday.

"Their discoveries have been decisive for chemists who design reactions for the manufacture of pharmaceuticals." Hmm, I think I will cut that article off at that point, and it was on page A nine.

The anthropology professor who led the repatriation said he was relieved the university had been able to face past mistakes squarely and correct an injustice.

Kensō Soai, professor emeritus at Tokyo University of Science, has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry alongside Henri Kagan of France, following their discovery of nonlinear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis, work that helps explain how homochirality, the tendency of living organisms to favor one molecular orientation over another, can emerge spontaneously.

Nobel Committee Chair Heiner Linke described the research as a spectacular solution to a chemical mystery over a century old.

Soai, reached by phone on Wednesday while shopping near his home, said he was very excited and glad to share the prize with Kagan.

Two scientists share Nobel Prize in chemistry.

Scientists Henry B. Kagan and Kenso Soai have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for untangling mysterious mirror images in molecules, a discovery that has been used to develop countless drugs and transformed modern medicine.

Many molecules come in versions that look alike but are not exactly identical, like right and left hands.

When designing drugs to treat diseases, scientists want to be choosy about which mirror image they get.

Meanwhile, on campus, UNC officials are touting another Nobel Prize connection after the Nobel in Chemistry was announced this week.

One of this year's recipients was Kenso Soai, who was a postdoctoral fellow at UNC from 1979 to 1981.

He spent the rest of his Nobel-winning career at the Tokyo University of Science.

Up in Hillsborough, we got some exciting business news this week.