The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2009is awarded toElizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak”for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase” This year’s Nobel Prize is awarded to three scientists who have solved one of biology’s great mysteries: How are the chromosomes that carry…

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2006 The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 2006 jointly to Andrew Fire and Craig Mello for their discovery of RNA interference – gene silencing by double-stranded RNA. RNA interference is a fundamental mechanism for controlling the flow of…

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2005   The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Barry Marshall and Robin Warren for their discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease. Thanks to this pioneering discovery, peptic ulcer…

Swedish Pressmeddelande 2009-10-05 har idag beslutat att Nobelpriset i Fysiologi eller Medicin år 2009 gemensamt tilldelas Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider och Jack W. Szostak för upptäckten av hur kromosomerna skyddas av telomerer och enzymet telomeras Årets Nobelpris går till tre forskare som har löst en av biologins stora gåtor: hur kromosomerna som innehåller…

Ludwig Karl Martin Leonhard Albrecht Kossel was born in Rostock on September 16, 1853. He was the eldest son of the merchant and Prussian consul Albrecht Kossel and his wife Clara, née Jeppe. He attended the secondary school in Rostock and went, in the autumn of 1872, to the newly founded University of Strassburg in…

Charles Brenton Huggins was born on September 22nd, 1901, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the elder son of Charles Edward Huggins, pharmacist, and his wife, Bessie Maria Spencer. Charles B. Huggins attended the public schools in Halifax; Acadia University (B.A., 1920), Wolfville, N.S.; and Harvard University (M.D., 1924), Boston, Massachusetts. He then interned at the University…

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English Presentation Speech by Professor Rune Toftgård, Member of the , 10 December 2009 Professor Rune Toftgård delivering the Presentation Speech for the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine at the Stockholm Concert Hall. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, Every human being, with all the different cell types and…