| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | |
| Year: | 1950 |
| Number: | 108 - 0 |
| Nominee 1: |
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| Name: | Tadeus Reichstein |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1897 |
| Year, Death: | 1996 |
| Profession: | prof pharmaceutical chemistry |
| University: | University of Basel |
| City: | Basel |
| Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1950 | |
| Nominee 2: |
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| Name: | Edward C Kendall |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1886 |
| Year, Death: | 1972 |
| Profession: | prof physiological chemistry |
| University: | Mayo Foundation |
| City: | Rochester |
| State: | MN |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1950 | |
| Nominee 3: |
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| Name: | Oskar Wintersteiner |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | prof |
| University: | Squibb Research Laboratories |
| City: | New Brunswick |
| State: | NJ |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Motivation: | E Kendall: For his notable contributions to biochemistry, culminating in the joint discovery (with PS Hench)of the value of cortisone in the treatment of rheumatism. T Reichstein: Work on sterins. O Wintersteiner: Work on the nature of adrenocortical hormones. |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Erik J Jorpes |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1894 |
| Profession: | prof medical chemistry |
| University: | Karolinska Institutet |
| City: | Stockholm |
| Country: | SWEDEN (SE) |
| Comments: | Sune Bergström also made a full evaluation of nominee 3 |
