Thomas R. Cech

Prix

1. 1988

   Prix international Canada Gairdner

   Biologie

   For the discovery that some forms of RNA have catalytic properties.

2. 1988

   Prix Lasker — Prix Albert Lasker pour la recherche médicale fondamentale

   Biologie

   For revolutionary research revealing the enzymatic role of RNA, opening a new universe in molecular biology.

3. 1989

   prix Nobel — Chimie

   Chimie

   for their discovery of catalytic properties of RNA