Nobel Prize

NOBELFÖRSAMLINGEN KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET THE NOBEL ASSEMBLY AT THE KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE has today decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 1985 jointly to Michael S. Brown and Joseph L. Goldstein for their discoveries concerning “the regulation of cholesterol metabolism”. Summary Michael S. Brown and Joseph L. Goldstein have through their discoveries revolutionized…

NOBELFÖRSAMLINGEN KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET THE NOBEL ASSEMBLY AT THE KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE has today decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 1987 to Susumu Tonegawa for his discovery of “the genetic principle for generation of antibody diversity”. Summary Man is surrounded by viruses, bacteria and other microorganisms which constitute a threat to life…

KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET October 1974 has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 1974 jointly to Albert Claude, Christian de Duve and George E. Palade for their discoveries concerning “the structural and functional organization of the cell”. The last 30 years have seen a new discipline, cell biology, appear and develop into…

NOBELFÖRSAMLINGEN KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET THE NOBEL ASSEMBLY AT THE KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE has today decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 1991 jointly to Erwin Neher and Bert Sakmann for their discoveries concerning “the function of single ion channels in cells”. Summary Each living cell is surrounded by a membrane which separates the…

Swedish 2011-10-03 har idag beslutat att Nobelpriset i Fysiologi eller Medicin år 2011 skall delas, med ena hälften gemensamt till Bruce A. Beutler och Jules A. Hoffmann för deras upptäckter rörande aktivering av medfödd immunitet och andra hälften till Ralph M. Steinman för hans upptäckt av dendritcellen och dess roll vid förvärvad immunitet Sammanfattning Årets…

NOBELFÖRSAMLINGEN KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET THE NOBEL ASSEMBLY AT THE KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE 10 October 1994 has today decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 1994 jointly to Alfred G. Gilman and Martin Rodbell for their discovery of “G-proteins and the role of these proteins in signal transduction in cells”. Summary It has been…

Swedish 6 oktober 2008 har beslutat att tilldela Nobelpriset i Fysiologi eller Medicin år 2008 med ena hälften till Harald zur Hausen för hans upptäckt av “humana papillomvirus som orsakar livmoderhalscancer” och den andra hälften gemensamt till Françoise Barré-Sinoussi och Luc Montagnier för deras upptäckt av “humant immunbristvirus” Sammanfattning Årets nobelpristagare belönas för upptäckter av…

NOBELFÖRSAMLINGEN KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET THE NOBEL ASSEMBLY AT THE KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE 7 October 1996 has today decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 1996 jointly to Peter C Doherty and Rolf M Zinkernagel for their discoveries concerning “the specificity of the cell mediated immune defence”. Summary Peter Doherty and Rolf Zinkernagel have…

Press release NOBELFÖRSAMLINGEN KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET THE NOBEL ASSEMBLY AT KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET October 12, 1998 has today decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 1998 jointly to Robert F. Furchgott, Louis J. Ignarro and Ferid Murad for their discoveries concerning “nitric oxide as a signalling molecule in the cardiovascular system”. Nitric oxide…

NOBELFÖRSAMLINGEN KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET THE NOBEL ASSEMBLY AT THE KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE has today decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 1984 jointly to Niels K. Jerne, Georges J.F. Köhler and César Milstein for theories concerning “the specificity in development and control of the immune system” and the discovery of “the principle for…