| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | |
| Year: | 1928 |
| Number: | 6 - 0 |
| Motivation: | Vincenzo Diamare, prof histology and general physiology, Naples University, Naples, IT, was nominated for identification of the islets of Langerhans, and their subsequent importance in carbohydrate metabolism and the discovery of insulin. Nominator was Giulio Cotronei, prof anatomy, University of Siena, Rome, IT. Nomination was declared invalid by the Nobel Committee. |