“Being a scientist is like being an explorer” – Roderick MacKinnon, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2003

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Roderick MacKinnon shared the Chemistry Prize with Peter Agre for discoveries that have clarified how salts (ions) and water are transported out of and into the cells of the body. Their work is of great importance for our understanding of many diseases of for example the kidneys, heart, muscles and nervous system.

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