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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1997

Nobel Prize to professor from Aarhus University

In 1997, Professor Jens Christian Skou from Aarhus University was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his description of the sodium-potassium pump – a small, but vital mechanism located in every cell of the body.This is partly because, by pumping sodium ions out of the cell, the pump maintains a salt balance that is necessary for the function of muscles and nerves.

1997: Jens Chr. Skou forelæser om natrium-kalium-pumpen.Foto: Polfoto.
2008: 90-årige Jens Chr. Skou er stadig aktiv som forsker. Foto: Lars Kruse / AU-Foto.
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