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The Nomination Database for the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1901-1953

Year Nominator Nominee(s) Motivation  
1931 Pfahler Ewing Work on the pathology and treatment of tumors. Show »
1932 Wu Northrop
Sumner
Northrop: Work on the isolation of crystalline pepsin. Sumner: work on the isolation of crystalline urease. Show »
1935 Gesell Erlanger
Gasser
Lillie
Erlanger and Gasser: The introduction of the cathode ray oscillograph and work on the conduction in peripheral nerves. Lillie: Work on the nature of nerve impulses. Show »
1935 Ranson Erlanger
Gasser
The introduction of the cathode ray oscillograph and work on the conduction in peripheral nerves. Show »
1939 Cori Northrop
Sumner
Northrop: The purification, crystallization and method of action of pepsin and trypsin, as well as the purification of their pro-enzymes. Sumner: The purification and crystallization of the enzyme urease and the study of its action. Show »
1939 Landsteiner Northrop
Sumner
Northrop: The purification, crystallization and method of action of pepsin and trypsin, as well as the purification of their pro-enzymes. Sumner: The purification and crystallization of the enzyme urease and the study of its action. Show »
1939 Rivers Northrop
Sumner
Northrop: The purification, crystallization and method of action of pepsin and trypsin; purification of their pro-enzymes. Sumner: The purification and crystallization of the enzyme urease and the study of its action. Show »
1939 TenBroeck Northrop
Sumner
Northrop: The purification, crystallization and method of action of pepsin and trypsin; purification of their pro-enzymes. Sumner: The purification and crystallization of the enzyme urease and the study of its action. Show »
1939 Webster Northrop
Sumner
Northrop: The purification, crystallization and method of action of pepsin and trypsin; purification of their pro-enzymes. Sumner: The purification and crystallization of the enzyme urease and the study of its action. Show »
1940 Whipple Northrop
Sumner
J. Northrop: Purification and crystallization of trypsin, pepsin, pepsinogen, chymo-pepsinogen. Also, studies of enzyme kinetics. J. Sumner: First crystallization of an enzyme (urease). Show »
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