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Scientific Background How cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 2019 is awarded to William Kaelin, Jr., Sir Peter Ratcliffe, and Gregg Semenza. The need for oxygen to sustain life has been understood since the onset of modern biology; but the molecular mechanisms underlying how cells adapt…

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Press release

English Press release 2019-10-07 has today decided to award the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to William G. Kaelin Jr., Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability   SUMMARY Animals need oxygen for the conversion of food into useful…

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Press release

Swedish Pressmeddelande 2019-10-07 har idag beslutat att Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin år 2019 skall delas lika mellan William G. Kaelin Jr., Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe och Gregg L. Semenza för deras upptäckter av hur celler känner av och anpassar sig efter syretillgång   SAMMANFATTNING Djur behöver syre för att i sina celler omvandla föda…

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Banquet speech

https://youtu.be/5k_sISTkG4E Tasuku Honjo’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, 10 December 2018. Your Majesties, your Royal Highnesses, Excellencies, Dear Laureates, Ladies and Gentlemen. On behalf of Professor Jim Allison and myself, I wish to express our heartful appreciation to the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute and the Nobel Foundation. Cancer has been the No. 1…

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Award ceremony speech

English Presentation Speech by Professor Klas Kärre, Member of the , Member of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine, 10 December 2018 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Honoured Laureates, Ladies and Gentlemen, Cancer, one of the greatest scourges of humanity, is caused by the uncontrolled proliferation of diseased cells that can spread in the…

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