Nobel Prize

German NOBELFÖRSAMLINGEN KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET THE NOBEL ASSEMBLY AT THE KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE 9.10.2000 hat heute beschlossen, den Nobelpreis des Jahres 2000 in Physiologie oder Medizin Arvid Carlsson, Paul Greengard und Eric Kandel gemeinsam für ihre Entdeckungen betreffend “Signalübertragung im Nervensystem” zu verleihen Zusammenfassung Im Hirn des Menschen gibt es mehr als hundert Milliarden Nervenzellen. Sie stehen…

Swedish NOBELFÖRSAMLINGEN KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET THE NOBEL ASSEMBLY AT THE KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE 9 oktober 2000 har idag beslutat att Nobelpriset i Fysiologi eller Medicin år 2000 Arvid Carlsson, Paul Greengard och Eric Kandel för deras upptäckter rörande “signalöverföring i nervsystemet” Sammanfattning I människans hjärna finns mer än hundra miljarder nervceller. Dessa står i förbindelse med varandra…

I consider early childhood events as most essential to a man’s scientific and philosophical development. I grew up in the large house and the larger garden of my parents in Altenberg. They were supremely tolerant of my inordinate love for animals. My nurse, Resi Führinger, was the daughter of an old patrician peasant family. She…

I was born in 1925, in New York City, the second of three children of Meyer and Ida Blumberg. My grandparents came to the United States from Europe at the end of the 19th century. They were members of an immigrant group who had enormous confidence in the possibilities of their adopted country. I received…

  Contents The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2008 to Harald zur Hausen, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier for their discoveries of two viruses causing severe human diseases. One half is awarded to Harald zur Hausen “for his discovery of human papilloma viruses causing cervical cancer”…

I greatly enjoy reading the biographies of scientists, and when doing so I always hope to learn the secrets of their success. Alas, those secrets generally remain elusive. Now that I find myself in the surprising situation of having to write my own biography, and thus to reflect on my career, I find the same…

Nobel Poster from the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine, web adapted by Nobel Web Contents The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2009 jointly to Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase.…

Nobel Poster from the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine, web adapted by Nobelprize.org Contents The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2010 to Robert G. Edwards for the development of human in vitro fertilization (IVF). His achievements have made it possible to treat infertility, a medical…

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NOBELFÖRSAMLINGEN KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET THE NOBEL ASSEMBLY AT THE KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE has today decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 1986 jointly to Stanley Cohen and Rita Levi-Montalcini for their discoveries of “growth factors”. Summary The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded for discoveries which are of fundamental importance for…