Hershko and Ciechanover Explain The Ubiquitin System

Take a user-friendly visual tour of the discovery that won Israelis Aaron Ciechanover and Avram Hershko the 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry in this excerpt (2:50) from the YES docuseries « The Nobelists. » Even those with no background in biology will appreciate the ingenuity of this breakthrough and understand why the unveiling of the ubiquitin system has had such a powerful impact on the advancement of health and medicine. It was certainly a discovery worthy of earning Israel its first Nobel prize in science!