“I may be very, very lucky so far” Telephone interview with Satoshi Ōmura following the announcement of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 5 October 2015. The interviewer is Adam Smith, Chief Scientific Officer of Nobel Media. [Satoshi Ōmura] Hello, is this Satoshi Ōmura. [Adam Smith] Hello, my name is Adam Smith, calling…

Scotland I was born in Edinburgh, in Scotland, a few days after the end of the Second World War. Both my parents had left school at a very young age, unwillingly in my father’s case. Yet both had deep effects on my education, my father influencing me toward measurement and mathematics, and my mother toward…

My Childhood I was born on December 30, 1930 in Ningbo, a city on the east coast of China with a rich culture and over seven thousand years of history. Although it was a tumultuous age in China when I was a child, I was lucky enough to have completed a good education from primary…

Before any of the present fuss I was, of course, born; and that turned out to be slightly complicated – not in an obstetrical sense, but in a political one. Several years before the event, an international border was created between my parents’ rural town and the nearby city where maternity facilities were available at…

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Swedish 2015-10-05 har idag beslutat att tilldela Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin år 2015 med ena hälften gemensamt till William C. Campbell och Satoshi Ōmura för deras upptäckter rörande en ny terapi mot infektioner orsakade av parasitmaskar och den andra hälften till Tu Youyou för hennes upptäckter rörande en ny terapi mot malaria Sjukdomar som…

Scientific Background Avermectin and Artemisinin – Revolutionary Therapies against Parasitic Diseases The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded with one half jointly to Dr. William C. Campbell and Professor Satoshi Ōmura for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites and the other half to Professor Tu Youyou…

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