The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded 116 times to 232 Nobel Prize laureates between 1901 and 2025. Click on the links to get more information.
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1949
“for his discovery of the functional organization of the interbrain as a coordinator of the activities of the internal organs”
“for his discovery of the therapeutic value of leucotomy in certain psychoses”
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1948
“for his discovery of the high efficiency of DDT as a contact poison against several arthropods”
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1947
Carl Cori and
Gerty Cori
“for their discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen”
“for his discovery of the part played by the hormone of the anterior pituitary lobe in the metabolism of sugar”
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1946
“for the discovery of the production of mutations by means of X-ray irradiation”
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1945
“for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases”
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1944
“for their discoveries relating to the highly differentiated functions of single nerve fibres”
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1943
“for his discovery of vitamin K”
“for his discovery of the chemical nature of vitamin K”
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1942
“No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. 1/3 of the prize money was allocated to the main fund and 2/3 was allocated to the special fund of this prize section”
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1941
“No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. 1/3 of the prize money was allocated to the main fund and 2/3 was allocated to the special fund of this prize section”
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1940
“No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. 1/3 of the prize money was allocated to the main fund and 2/3 was allocated to the special fund of this prize section”