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Episode 142: Angelika Amon’s Pioneering Legacy in Biology

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Six years have passed since top biologist Angelika Amon passed away on 29 October 2020. Professor Amon was an Austrian scientist who taught at MIT in Boston, Massachusetts. She dedicated her life to examining how cells grow, divide, and age. She made a lasting impact in biology by showing the world how the division of cells and the chromosome count affect genetic disorders such as Down Syndrome. Her untimely death cut short her promising career, which many experts predict would have earned her a Nobel Prize. In 2019 she was awarded the prestigious Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences.

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