THE Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to a Canadian cell biologist who died three days ago will stand, the Nobel Foundation said yesterday after examining its statutes against posthumous awards.

Three scientists whose research on the immune system opened up new avenues for prevention and treatment of infections, cancer and inflammations have won the Nobel Prize for medicine.

Someone else might have written the Bat Out of Hell song, but Meat Loaf claims he should be the only one to use the phrase in connection with music.