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Russian Tycoon Returns Nobel Prize Medallion to James Watson

Vittorio Hernandez   | Dec 11, 2014 04:24 AM EST

Alisher Usmanov, the Russian tycoon who bought Watson's Nobel medallion, will return the medallion to Watson.

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Lack of Rules on Selling Medals Allows James Watson to Sell His Nobel Medal for $4.75M

Vittorio Hernandez   | Dec 06, 2014 03:55 AM EST

The Nobel Foundation, which awards the coveted Nobel Prize to five different categories, lacks rules on the selling of the medals it has given to its awardees. This loophole allowed DNA Double Helix co-discoverer James Watson to sell the Nobel medal for Physiology and Medicine he got in 1962.

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A Broke James Watson is Auctioning-off His Nobel Prize Medallion

Ana Verayo   | Dec 01, 2014 09:45 PM EST

Watson was one of the scientists who discovered the DNA double helix in 1962.

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