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History of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1901-2000 By Jan Lindsten and Nils Ringertz
The Nobel Prizes awarded for Physiology or Medicine during the past century undoubtedly highlight a number of important discoveries.

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August Krogh and the Nobel Prize to Banting and Macleod By Jan Lindsten
It is unusual for someone to receive a Nobel Prize during the same year of he or she was nominated, but that was what happened to Banting and Macleod.

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Controversial Psychosurgery Resulted in a Nobel PrizeBy by Bengt Jansson
Lobotomy is an ethically dubious treatment if carried out against the patient's wishes.

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How Golgi Shared the Medicine Prize with Cajal By Gunnar Grant
Camillo Golgi was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine as early as 1901.

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The Nobel Prize and the Discovery of Vitamins By Kenneth J. Carpenter
The importance of the work involving vitamins was acknowledged in several Nobel Prize awards.

Nobel Medicine Laureates Share Their Thoughts

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Basic Research, the Lifeline of Medicine By Arthur Kornberg
X-ray, penicillin, polio vaccine, and genetic engineering are few of the results of basic research touching the life of modern man.

Nobel Medicine Laureates and Their Work

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Emil von Behring: The Founder of Serum Therapy By Cornelia Grundmann
Behring lived entirely for his idea of revolutionizing medicine through serum therapy.

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Life and Discoveries of Camillo Golgi By Marina Bentivoglio
Camillo Golgi conducted his researches of the staining technique in a little kitchen that was converted into a rudimentary laboratory.

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Life and Discoveries of Santiago Ramón y Cajal By Marina Bentivoglio
"A flash of lightning" was how Ramón y Cajal described his observation of the preparation impregnated by the 'Golgi stain'.

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Roger Walcott Sperry By Norman H. Horowitz
Are you adept at language, arithmetic, and analysis? Or are you better at reading maps or are quick to recognize faces?

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Schack August Steenberg Krogh By Jan Lindsten
Who was August Krogh and why was he called a 'versatile genius'?

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Emil Theodor Kocher By Bertil Hamberger
The contributions of Theodor Kocher have a great impact on thyroid surgery even today.

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Thomas Morgan Hunt and His Legacy By Edward B. Lewis
The discovery that chromosomes are the carriers of hereditary genes came about after 17 years of work with flies.

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In Memoriam - Barbara McClintock By Howard Green
"Only rarely in life does one have the opportunity to say good-bye at the right time".

Nobel Medicine Laureates ' Workplace

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History of Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Medical Research By David States
KWImF was one of the most dynamic scientific research laboratories in Germany during the 1930s.

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The Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology By Max Perutz
In May 1962, Queen Elizabeth II ceremoniously opened the MRCL. Watson came all the way from Harvard to be presented to Her Majesty.

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The Pasteur Institute By Françoise Jacob
A postman and a czar, a policeman and an emperor – all helped to build an institute that has helped free the world of canine rabies.

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The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute By Frank Fenner and Suzanne Cory
In January 1928, disaster broke out in the county town of Bundanberg in Queensland, Australia.

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UT SouthwesternBy Frederick Grinnell
Michael Brown and Joseph Goldstein were awarded the 1985 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, shoring up the prestige of UT Southwestern.

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OathBy Lewis Wolpert
How responsible are scientists for science and its applications?

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