Physiology or Medicine
Peter Medawar – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Peter Medawar’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1960 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: There are really no words adequate to this magnificent and moving occasion – or no words that come easily to someone who has been suddenly transported from an ivory tower to a golden…
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Nobel diploma
Artist: Bertha Svensson-Piehl Courtesy: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
morePeter Medawar – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel Lecture, December 12, 1960 Immunological Tolerance “Immunological tolerance” may be described as a state of indifference or non-reactivity towards a substance that would normally be expected to excite an immunological response. The term first came to be used in the context of tissue transplantation immunity, i.e. of the form of immunity that usually prohibits…
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Physiology or medicine was the third prize area Alfred Nobel mentioned in his will. Below, articles on the subject are presented. History of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1901-2000 BY JAN LINDSTEN AND NILS RINGERTZ August Krogh and the Nobel Prize to Banting and Macleod BY…
moreSusumu Tonegawa – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Susumu Tonegawa’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1987 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, I have great difficulties in finding proper words to express my heartfelt gratitude to those in the Committee and Assembly who considered my work worthy of this ultimate recognition. It is, indeed, a high honor that you…
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