Prizes
Introduction
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2002 Male Female Programmed cell death eliminates unwanted structures during the development of the male and female inner reproductive organs. The human body consists of hundreds of cell types, all originating from the fertilized egg. During the embryonic and…
moreThe Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2005
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2005 Contents: | | | | | | | | | Nobel Poster from the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine, web adapted by Nobel Web
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Award ceremony speech
Swedish Presentationstal av Professor Rune Toftgård, ledamot av , 10 December 2009 Professor Rune Toftgård presenterar Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin 2009 i Stockholms Konserthus. Eders Majestäter, Eders Kungliga Högheter, mina Damer och Herrar, Varje människa med alla olika celltyper och vävnader utvecklas från en första befruktad äggcell genom upprepade celldelningar. Den kompletta…
moreTheodor Kocher – Biographical
Biographical
Theodor Kocher was born on August 25, 1841, at Berne. His father, a Chief-Engineer, was a very keen worker and kept him constantly at work. The influence of a devoted mother and later the loving care of a selfsacrificing wife enabled him to pass without interruption through the continuous strait of secondary school and University,…
morePeyton Rous – Biographical
Biographical
Peyton Rous was born in Baltimore in 1879. His mother’s ancestors were Huguenots who settled in Virginia after the Edict of Nantes. Just before the Civil War in the 1860’s her father, foreseeing disaster, bought land in Texas, moving his big family there after it ended. There he became a judge «riding three counties», and…
moreCraig C. Mello – Biographical
Biographical
I recall a sunny September morning in Virginia. I remember the sound of the school bus taking away the older kids, including my two siblings Jean and Frank. My mother, no doubt, was busy with my baby brother Roger. I was playing in the creek as I often did, turning over stones, looking for small…
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Press release
English 2 October 2006 has today decided to award The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 2006 jointly to Andrew Z. Fire and Craig C. Mello for their discovery of “RNA interference – gene silencing by double-stranded RNA” Summary This year’s Nobel Laureates have discovered a fundamental mechanism for controlling the flow of genetic…
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