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The passage reads: The news that Ralph M. Steinman, one of the three winners of this year's Nobel Prize in medicine, died three days before the prize was announced has the Nobel committee reviewing its statutes. What's the holdup? Here's the pertinent statute, which was added in 1974: Work produced by a person since deceased shall not be considered for an award. If, however, a prizewinner dies before he has received the prize, then the prize may be presented.

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The passage reads: The news that Ralph M. Steinman, one of the three winners of this year's Nobel Prize in medicine, died three days before the prize was announced has the Nobel committee reviewing its statutes. What's the holdup? Here's the pertinent statute, which was added in 1974: Work produced by a person since deceased shall not be considered for an award. If, however, a prizewinner dies before he has received the prize, then the prize may be presented.
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Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jul-2023 22:14:19 UTC Robert McNees
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But here is the thing: the “rule” against posthumous Nobel Prizes was only codified in 1974, well after the Watson and Crick prize, and exclusively refers to “he.”
Three prizes have been awarded after the recipient died, including one in 2012.
https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/should-death-stop-the-nobel

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