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Ada Yonath, Nobel Laureate and Israeli Scientific Icon, Dies at 87
Professor Ada Yonath, an 87-year-old Nobel laureate in Chemistry and a pioneering scientist whose work on ribosomes advanced antibiotic research, has died. She was the first Israeli woman and the first woman from the Middle East to win a Nobel Prize in the sciences, becoming an enduring inspiration in Israel.
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- 01Nobel laureate Ada Yonath, who advanced antibiotic science, died at 87.
- 02Her research focused on the structure and function of ribosomes.
- 03She was the first Israeli woman and Middle Eastern woman to win a science Nobel.
- 04Yonath overcame early financial struggles to pursue science.
- 05She inspired generations of scientists in Israel and beyond.
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