2002

    The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2002             Scientific Advisors, Professors at Karolinska Institutet: Hans Jörnvall – Physiological Chemistry, Secretary of the Nobel Assembly Urban Lendahl – Genetics Sten Lindahl – Anesthesiology, Chairman of the Nobel Committee Sten Orrenius – Toxicology Art Director: Urban Frank Medical Writer:…

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    The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2002               The Implications of the Discoveries Some diseases characterized by defective cell death (left) and excessive cell death (right). The introduction of C. elegans as a novel experimental model system, the characterization of its invariant cell lineage, and the…

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    The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2002               The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2002 The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Sydney Brenner, Robert Horvitz and John Sulston for their discoveries concerning “genetic regulation…

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    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…

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