The cancer “was really fascinating,” Dr. Kaelin said. It had unusual features, like causing the body to make a substance, vegF, that stimulates the formation of blood vessels. And the cancer can cause the body to make too many red blood cells by increasing the production of EPO. “It is one of the great stories of biomedical science,” Dr. Daley said. He took a clinical problem and through incredibly rigorous science figured it out.”Dr. Kaelin said he knew, of course, that today the Nobel Prize would be awarded.

Source: New York Times October 07, 2019 09:38 UTC