has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 1981 to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. The Prize for 1954, too, was awarded to this institution, in appreciation of its work in bringing relief and aid to the countless refugees and displaced persons to be found in Europe during the immediate post-war…

has decided to award the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize to Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, president of the Soviet Union, for his leading role in the peace process which today characterizes important parts of the international community. During the last few years, dramatic changes have taken place in the relationship between East and West. Confrontation has been…

has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 1992 to Rigoberta Menchú from Guatemala, in recognition of her work for social justice and ethno-cultural reconciliation based on respect for the rights of indigenous peoples. Like many other countries in South and Central America, Guatemala has experienced great tension between the descendants of European immigrants…

NOBELFÖRSAMLINGEN KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET THE NOBEL ASSEMBLY AT THE KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE has today decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 1986 jointly to Stanley Cohen and Rita Levi-Montalcini for their discoveries of “growth factors”. Summary The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded for discoveries which are of fundamental importance for…

NOBELFÖRSAMLINGEN KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET THE NOBEL ASSEMBLY AT THE KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE has today decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 1983 to Barbara McClintock for her discovery of “mobile genetic elements”. Summary Barbara McClintock discovered mobile genetic elements in plants more than 30 years ago. The discovery was made at a time…

Swedish 8 oktober 2007 har idag beslutat attNobelpriset i Fysiologi eller Medicin år 2007 gemensamt tilldelas Mario R. Capecchi, Martin J. Evans och Oliver Smithies för deras upptäckter av “principer för att introducera specifika förändringar av gener i möss med användning av embryonala stamceller” Sammanfattning Årets Nobelpristagare har gjort en serie grundläggande upptäckter om embryonala…

NOBELFÖRSAMLINGEN KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET THE NOBEL ASSEMBLY AT THE KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE has today decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 1985 jointly to Michael S. Brown and Joseph L. Goldstein for their discoveries concerning “the regulation of cholesterol metabolism”. Summary Michael S. Brown and Joseph L. Goldstein have through their discoveries revolutionized…

NOBELFÖRSAMLINGEN KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET THE NOBEL ASSEMBLY AT THE KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE has today decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 1987 to Susumu Tonegawa for his discovery of “the genetic principle for generation of antibody diversity”. Summary Man is surrounded by viruses, bacteria and other microorganisms which constitute a threat to life…

KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET October 1974 has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 1974 jointly to Albert Claude, Christian de Duve and George E. Palade for their discoveries concerning “the structural and functional organization of the cell”. The last 30 years have seen a new discipline, cell biology, appear and develop into…

NOBELFÖRSAMLINGEN KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET THE NOBEL ASSEMBLY AT THE KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE has today decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 1991 jointly to Erwin Neher and Bert Sakmann for their discoveries concerning “the function of single ion channels in cells”. Summary Each living cell is surrounded by a membrane which separates the…