Harvey J. Alter
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The Nobel Prize medal and diploma were presented to medicine laureate Harvey J. Alter at the National Institute of Health (NIH) on 8 December 2020 in Bethesda, USA.
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Harvey J. Alter showing his Nobel Prize medal.
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Harvey J. Alter showing his Nobel Prize diploma.
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Laureates from 2020 and 2021 were also applauded during the 2022 Nobel Prize award ceremony in Stockholm on 10 December 2022. Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2020.
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Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice at the Nobel Prize award ceremony in Stockholm.
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Medicine laureate Harvey J. Alter (right) and Mrs Hanne Grotjord (left) at the Nobel Prize banquet, 10 December 2022.
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Portrait of Harvey J. Alter.
Photo: NIH History Office, Public domain
Harvey Alter was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Photo: NIH/Chiachi Chang
Nobel Prizes and laureates
Six prizes were awarded for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. The 12 laureates' work and discoveries range from proteins' structures and machine learning to fighting for a world free of nuclear weapons.
See them all presented here.