Nobel insulin pitch

 

Editorial pitch (cover email paragraph):

Each October, Nobel Prizes celebrate the triumphs of science — but they also expose its blind spots. This Comment, “When the Nobel Misses the Mark,” revisits some of the most debated awards in history — from insulin’s contested discovery and Nicolae Paulescu’s overlooked role, to the omissions of Rosalind Franklin, Lise Meitner and Jocelyn Bell Burnell. It argues that these cases reveal structural flaws in the Nobel system — its rigid three-person limit, exclusion of posthumous recognition, and disciplinary silos — that no longer fit collaborative, modern science. Timed for the Nobel season, the piece invites reflection on whether the world’s most prestigious scientific prize can evolve without losing its mystique.

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