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

Year Nominator Nominee(s) Motivation  
1936 Whipple Corner
Mann
Corner: Work on the endocrine secretion of the ovary. Mann: Work on the physiology of the liver. Show »
1937 Mann Kendall The isolation of the active principle of the thyriod gland, thyroxine. Show »
1937 Whipple Richards Work on the physiology of the kidneys. 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 »
1943 Whipple Northrop
Sumner
Stanley
J. Northrop: Purification and crystallization of enzymes. J. Sumner: First crystallization of an enzyme (urease). W. Stanley: Isolation of virus proteins. Studies of viruses and viral diseases. Show »
1944 Whipple Northrop
Sumner
Stanley
J. Northrop: Purification and crystallization of enzymes. J. Sumner: First crystallization of an enzyme (urease). W. Stanley: Isolation of virus proteins. Studies of viruses and viral diseases. Show »
1945 Whipple Fleming
Florey
Discovery of penicillin (Fleming) and its curative effect in various infectious diseases (Florey). Show »
1946 Whipple Northrop
Sumner
Stanley
Northrop: Purification and crystallization of enzymes (Pepsin and Trypsin). Sumner: Isolation and crystallization of urease. Stanley: Crystallization of viruses. Show »
1947 Ghormley Blalock
Taussig
The surgical treatment of malformations of the heart. Show »
1947 Whipple Richards
van Slyke
Physiology of the kidney. Show »
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