Credits and References for the 1997 Physiology or Medicine Nobel Poster

Scientific Advisors:
Professors at the Karolinska Institute
Krister Kristensson, Neuropathology, Ralf Pettersson, Molecular Biology Bengt Winblad, Geriatrics, Nils Ringertz, Medical Cell Genetics and Secretary of the Nobel Assembly.

References:
Stanley B Prusiner, The Prion Diseases, Scientific American 272, 30-37 (1995)
A.Aguzzi, Prion research: the next frontier. Nature 389, 795-798 (1997).
K Kristensson and B. Winblad, Han fick Nobelpris för upptäckt av prioner. Läkartidningen 94, 3699-3704 (1997)

Art Director: Urban Frank, Computer Graphics: Deborah Strand, Studio Frank, Stockholm.
Medical Writer: Kjell Lindqvist.
Photos: Ulf Sirborn, AP/Michel Spingler.

Printed by David Broberg AB, Stockholm, Sweden.

Copyright (c) 1997: The Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine at the Karolinska Institute, S-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.

 

Web Adapted Version:
Nobelprize.org

Every effort has been made by the publisher to credit organizations and individuals with regard to the supply of photographs and illustrations. The publishers apologize for any omissions which will be corrected in future editions.

 

 

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