Canadian-Born Scientist Dies 3 Days Before Winning Nobel Prize in Medicine

The New York Times writes Canadian-Born Scientist Dies 3 Days Before Winning Nobel Prize in Medicine "A pioneering cell biologist was awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for his discoveries about the immune system. Hours later, his university said he had died of pancreatic cancer three days earlier, even as he was using his own research to try to save his life. The Nobel committee, which is only supposed to consider living scientists, said it was unaware of the death of Ralph Steinman when it awarded the 10 million kronor ($1.5 million) prize."