The News & Observer recognizes North Carolina residents who have made significant contributions in the last year and beyond. These people have made a difference in our region, state and elsewhere.

The Aziz and Gwen Sancar Foundation is set to launch a new housing development in 2025 — the Sancar Scholars Residence — for Turkish students in the Triangle area. Sancar said the purpose of the ...

The News & Observer recognizes North Carolina residents who have made significant contributions in the last year and beyond. These people have made a difference in our region, state and elsewhere.

Three scientists who helped figure out why all life doesn’t simply collapse in a pile of broken DNA won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Wednesday. Their findings underlie research into treatments for ...

See how the action and reaction unfolded as Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar shared the Nobel chemistry prize for their work showing how cells safeguard genetic information We’re bringing ...

Aziz Sancar grew up as a farm boy in a small town in Turkey. He was a bright child and attended medical school. He returned to his hometown and practiced medicine for a few years. But even in his ...

Professor Aziz Sancar, the Turkish-American academic who won last year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry, urged Turkish university students to study hard in order to compete with American and European ...

Turkish-origin Nobel laureate Dr. Aziz Sancar concluded his three-day visit to Turkey Wednesday, which was made on the invitation of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. In remarks made to the ...

Aziz Sancar grew up as a farm boy in a small town in Turkey. He was a bright child and attended medical school. He returned to his hometown and practiced medicine for a few years. But even in his ...