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title: The Economist on the Nobel Prize in medicine
date: "2002-10-13T12:00:00Z"
categories:
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wp_id: 1098
description: I'm sharing The Economist's take on the 2002 Nobel Prize in medicine, emphasizing how Sir John Sulston was recognized for his fundamental scientific research rather than the managerial success of the Human Genome Project.
keywords: [nobel prize, medicine, john sulston, human genome project, scientific research]
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[The Economist on the Nobel prize in medicine](http://www.economist.com/science/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1378439).

> The Human Genome Project was a formidable achievement, but one that was managerial as much as scientific, and there is no Nobel prize for management. Instead, Sir John has been given a prize for real scientific work which nobody could doubt was of Nobel quality.