Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Swedish: Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin) is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895, awarded for outstanding contributions in Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Peace, and Physiology or Medicine since 1901. The first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded in 1901 to the German physiologist E... more

Date Established:

  • 1901

Award category

Presenting Organization

Karolinska Institutet

Karolinska Institutet (often translated from Swedish into English as the Karolinska Institute, and in older texts often as the Royal Caroline Institute) is one of Europe's largest medical universities. It was founded in 1810 and its main campus located in Solna, just outside Stockholm, and at a...

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Year Award Winner Winning work Notes/Description
  • 2009
  • for the discovery of "how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase"
  • 2008
  • for their discovery of "human immunodeficiency virus"
  • 2008
  • for his discovery of "human papilloma viruses causing cervical cancer"
  • 2007
  • "for their discoveries of principles for introducing specific gene modifications in mice by the use of embryonic stem cells"
  • 2006
  • "for their discovery of RNA interference - gene silencing by double-stranded RNA"
  • 2005
  • "for their discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease"
  • 2004
  • "for their discoveries of odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system"
  • 2003
  • "for their discoveries concerning magnetic resonance imaging"
  • 2002
  • "for their discoveries concerning 'genetic regulation of organ development and programmed cell death'"
  • 2001
  • "for their discoveries of key regulators of the cell cycle"
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