The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded 115 times to 229 Nobel Prize laureates between 1901 and 2024. Click on the links to get more information.
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1969
“for their discoveries concerning the replication mechanism and the genetic structure of viruses”
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1968
“for their interpretation of the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis”
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1967
“for their discoveries concerning the primary physiological and chemical visual processes in the eye”
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1966
“for his discovery of tumour-inducing viruses”
“for his discoveries concerning hormonal treatment of prostatic cancer”
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1965
“for their discoveries concerning genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis”
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1964
“for their discoveries concerning the mechanism and regulation of the cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism”
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1963
“for their discoveries concerning the ionic mechanisms involved in excitation and inhibition in the peripheral and central portions of the nerve cell membrane”
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1962
“for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material”
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1961
“for his discoveries of the physical mechanism of stimulation within the cochlea”
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1960
“for discovery of acquired immunological tolerance”