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Published online 7 February 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020204-9

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Cause of neural death in neurodegenerative diseases attributable to expansion of glutamine repeats

Nobel-prize winning scientist, author and mentor dies.

MaxPerutz died yesterday, Wednesday, 6 February 2002.

It would be difficult to overestimate Perutz's influence on modern biology.

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