See all Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine and why they were awarded the Nobel Prize.
All Nobel Medicine LaureatesAwards: 107 Prizes to 211 Laureates
Prizes to one Laureate only: 39
Awarded women: 12
"The said interest shall be divided into five equal parts, which shall be apportioned as follows: /- - -/ one part to the person who shall have made the most important discovery within the domain of physiology or medicine ..."(Excerpt from the will of Alfred Nobel)
Alfred Nobel had an active interest in medical research. Through Karolinska Institutet, he came into contact with Swedish physiologist Jöns Johansson around 1890. Johansson worked in Nobel's laboratory in Sevran, France during a brief period the same year. Physiology or medicine was the third prize area Nobel mentioned in his will.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded by the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2016 was awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi "for his discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy".
More about the 2016 Medicine PrizeRead or listen to an interview with Yoshinori Ohsumi following the announcement of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Interview with Yoshinori OhsumiProfessor Juleen Zierath, member of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine, about Yoshinori Ohsumi's research.
Watch the interviewWatch Yoshinori Ohsumi delivering his Nobel Lecture about autophage - a fundamental process for degrading and recycling cellular components.
Yoshinori Ohsumi's Nobel LectureIn his will, Alfred Nobel stipulated that one part of his fortune should be awarded "the person who shall have made the most important discovery within the domain of physiology or medicine".
More about the history of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineNobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine have been awarded between 1901 and 2016.
Medicine Prizes have been given to one Laureate only.
women have been awarded the Medicine Prize so far.
years was the age of the youngest Medicine Laureate ever, Frederick G. Banting, who was awarded the 1923 Medicine Prize for the discovery of insulin.
years was the age of the oldest Medicine Laureate ever, Peyton Rous, when he was awarded the Medicine Prize in 1966 for his discovery of tumour-inducing viruses.
is the average age of the Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine the year they were awarded the prize.
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Göran K. Hansson, former Secretary of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine, answers frequently asked questions about the Medicine Prize
15 questions about the Medicine PrizeThe Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015 was awarded with one half jointly to William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura and the other half to Youyou Tu.
Read moreWatch or read William C. Campbell's speech at the Nobel Banquet in the Stockholm City Hall on 10 December 2015.
William C. Campbell's banquet speechIn his Nobel Lecture, Satoshi Ōmura talked about the origins and impact of Avermectin.
Read och watch the lectureYouyou Tu described the long search for antimalarial drugs from traditional Chinese medicine in her Nobel Lecture.
Youyou Tu's Nobel LectureThe Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2014 was awarded to John O'Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser.
More about the 2014 Medicine PrizeJohn O'Keefe describes his Nobel Prize awarded work in easy-to-understand terms.
In this conversation May-Britt Moser talks about the pure joy of exploring the connection between behaviour and the brain.
In his Nobel Lecture, Edvard I. Moser described his research, and revealed news from his work today.
Human blood groups were discovered in 1901 by Karl Landsteiner, later awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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