Brooklyn born 2004 Nobel chemistry winner Irwin Rose dies at 88
June 3, 2015 Associated Press
Irwin Rose, left, receives the 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry from King Carl Gustaf of Sweden, right, during a ceremony at the Concert Hall in Stockholm, Sweden. Rose, a Brooklyn-born biochemist who shared the 2004 Nobel Prize in chemistry, died Tuesday at age 88. Henrik Montgomery/Pressens Bild via AP, Pool, File
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Irwin Rose, a Brooklyn-born biochemist who shared the 2004 Nobel Prize in chemistry for discovering a way that cells destroy unwanted proteins — the basis for developing new therapies for diseases such as cervical cancer and cystic fibrosis — has died. He was 88.
Rose died in his sleep early Tuesday in Deerfield, Massachusetts, said spokeswoman Janet Wilson of the University of California, Irvine, where Rose had been a researcher.
Rose had a “formidable intellect and unwavering curiosity about fundamental biological and chemical processes that are the foundation for life,” UCI Chancellor Howard Gillman said in a university statement.