NOBELFÖRSAMLINGEN KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET THE NOBEL ASSEMBLY AT THE KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE 11 October 1979 has decided today to award the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 1979 jointly to Allan M Cormack and Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield for the “development of computer assisted tomography”. An X-ray examination usually implies the passage of X-rays through an organ…

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…

NOBELFÖRSAMLINGEN KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET THE NOBEL ASSEMBLY AT THE KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE has today decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 1984 jointly to Niels K. Jerne, Georges J.F. Köhler and César Milstein for theories concerning “the specificity in development and control of the immune system” and the discovery of “the principle for…

English 6 October 2008 has today decided to award The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 2008 with one half to Harald zur Hausen for his discovery of “human papilloma viruses causing cervical cancer” and the other half jointly to Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier for their discovery of “human immunodeficiency virus” Summary This…

KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET October 1970 has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 1970 jointly to Bernard Katz, Ulf von Euler and Julius Axelrod for their discoveries concerning “the humoral transmitters in the nerve terminals and the mechanisms for their storage, release and inactivation”. The discoveries which this year’s Nobel laureates have…

English 2011-10-03 has today decided that The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2011 shall be divided, with one half jointly to Bruce A. Beutler and Jules A. Hoffmann for their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity and the other half to Ralph M. Steinman for his discovery of the dendritic cell and its…

KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET October 1975 has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 1975 jointly to David Baltimore, Renato Dulbecco and Howard Temin for their discoveries concerning “the interaction between tumour viruses and the genetic material of the cell”. The fact that the viruses can cause tumours was shown already more than…

Swedish 2011-10-03 har idag beslutat att Nobelpriset i Fysiologi eller Medicin år 2011 skall delas, med ena hälften gemensamt till Bruce A. Beutler och Jules A. Hoffmann för deras upptäckter rörande aktivering av medfödd immunitet och andra hälften till Ralph M. Steinman för hans upptäckt av dendritcellen och dess roll vid förvärvad immunitet Sammanfattning Årets…

NOBELFÖRSAMLINGEN KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET THE NOBEL ASSEMBLY AT THE KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE 10 October 1994 has today decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 1994 jointly to Alfred G. Gilman and Martin Rodbell for their discovery of “G-proteins and the role of these proteins in signal transduction in cells”. Summary It has been…

Swedish 6 oktober 2008 har beslutat att tilldela Nobelpriset i Fysiologi eller Medicin år 2008 med ena hälften till Harald zur Hausen för hans upptäckt av “humana papillomvirus som orsakar livmoderhalscancer” och den andra hälften gemensamt till Françoise Barré-Sinoussi och Luc Montagnier för deras upptäckt av “humant immunbristvirus” Sammanfattning Årets nobelpristagare belönas för upptäckter av…