Nobel賞あそび

(CNN) -- In a first for the prestigious organization, a Nobel Prize will go to a man who died just days before being named a winner.
Ralph Steinman, a biologist with RockefellerUniversity, was named a winner Monday of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He would have won half the prize of approximately $1.5 million; the other half will be shared by scientists Bruce A. Beutler and Jules A. Hoffmann.
Steinman died of pancreatic cancer Friday at the age of 68, after having extended his life using a kind of therapy he designed, his university said in a statement Monday.
The Nobel committee was unaware of his death. Had they known, their own rules would have precluded him being selected as a winner. The decision was made Monday, just before the announcement, Nobel officials said.
"The events that have occurred are unique and, to the best of our knowledge, are unprecedented in the history of the Nobel Prize," the Nobel Assembly said in a statement, announcing that Steinman will remain a Nobel laureate.
Making the decision meant circumventing one of the Nobel rules.
The Nobel Prize website states that since 1974, rules have stipulated that a prize "cannot be awarded posthumously, unless death has occurred after the announcement."
In its statement Monday, the Nobel Assembly said it interpreted "the purpose of the rule" as making sure no one is "deliberately" awarded the prize posthumously. Because the committee did not know of Steinman's death, the decision "was made in good faith," the assembly said.
The Nobel committee also expressed "deep sadness and regret" at the news.
Speaking to CNN, Goran Hansson, secretary-general of the Nobel assembly overseeing the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, said the fact that Steinman didn't know he would win "adds to the sadness."
Hansson said that after the committee chose the winners Monday, he tried to call Steinman to inform him of the good news.(CNN)

1.なぜa first? →高橋くん　2. Rockefellerのアメリカでの重みは？→土方くん　3. pancreatic cancer→どんな病気？日本でこの言葉が有名になったのはなぜ？→寺かどさん　４，circumventingの語源は？→内定式が2日も続いたしょうへいくん　5. awardedの訳は？→うちすぎくん