Nobel Prize

Presentation Speech by Professor the Count K.A.H. Mörner, Rector of the on December 10, 1902 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. Among the stipulations Alfred Nobel set forth in his will, on which the Nobel Foundation is based, that concerning the international character of the prizes occupies an important place. This proves not…

Presentation Speech by Professor W. Wernstedt, Dean of the , December 10, 1927 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. Few diseases have the power of inspiring fear to the same degree as cancer. However, who would be surprised at that? How many times is this affliction not synonymous with a long, painful and…

English Presentation Speech by Professor Christer Höög, Member of the , 10 December 2010 Professor Christer Höög delivering the Presentation Speech for the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine at the Stockholm Concert Hall. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, The 2010 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine rewards one…

  Presentation Speech by Professor W. Wernstedt, Dean of the , on December 10, 1927 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. won his laurels in the field of theoretical medicine, researching into the cause of a specific disease. Turning to the work that led Wagner-Jauregg to the list of Nobel Prize winners, we…

  Presentation Speech by Professor Ralf F. Pettersson of the Nobel Committee at , December 10, 1997. Translation of the Swedish text. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Stanley B. Prusiner for his discovery of prions – a new biological principle…

Presentation Speech by Professor the Count K.A.H. Mörner, Rector of the , on December 10, 1906 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. This year’s Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine is presented for work accomplished in the field of anatomy. It has been awarded to Professors Camillo Golgi of Pavia and Ramón y…

Presentation Speech by Professor Sven Gard, member of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine of the Your Majesties, Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. The 1965 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is shared by Professors Jacob, Lwoff and Monod for «discoveries concerning the genetic regulation of enzyme and virus synthesis». This particular sphere of…

Presentation Speech by Professor the Count K.A.H. Mörner, Rector of the , on December 10, 1908 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. Some time ago in this place a short description was given of the development of medicine. In it it was emphasized that medical science today has set itself the task of…

  Presentation Speech by Professor Sven Gad, Member of the Staff of Professors of the Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. Man, animals, plants, microorganisms, they are all preyed upon by viruses. Even bacteria have their own viruses, somewhat misleadingly called bacteriophages – “bacteria eaters”. These were discovered at the time of the…

  The following account of Domagk’s work is by Professor N. Svartz, member of the Staff of Professors of the Experiments in the treatment of inflammatory conditions by means of drugs and chemicals are known from earliest times, but for the most part the effects were nil or at best insignificant. With certain of these…