Nobel Winner (Golfer) Says Key To Prize Find Was On Golf Course

Lawrence Altman of the New York Times reports that three have won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for discovering therapies "that have revolutionized the treatment of some of the most devastating parasitic diseases."

While William C. Campbell and Satoshi Omura won for developing, Avermectin,which eradicates river blindness and other really awful lymph system attacks, it's how they found it that should give the anti-golf course movement a few days off.

In a follow-up NY Times blog post (thanks readers Jim, Jeff and Tim), Omura reveals that the key to developing ivermectin was found on a golf course.

Omura said the key substance was taken from a microbe contained in the soil sample at a golf course near Tokyo. He says he always carries a plastic bag in his wallet so he can collect soil sample any time.

Asked if he likes to play golf, he grinned, and said "yes.”