Q) Why did the Aquaporin protein cross the road? A)To get to the Nobel Prize. Peter Agre was awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for disco...
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A)To get to the Nobel Prize.
Peter Agre was awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering aquaporins. The proteins that create highly efficient water channels in our kidneys.
So if the discovery warranted a Nobel prize, why then did Aquaporin A/S
the Danish biomimicry technology company founded in 2005, focused on commercialising the use of aquaporin protein for water applications, finally run out of financial runway and become an 'overnight failure after 20 years', (or did they really fail?), and what does winning the Nobel Prize mean as a leading indicator for success in new water technologies?
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