Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2001
Photo: Ralf Petterson, KI. Nobel Foundation archive
Leland H. Hartwell
Prize share: 1/3
Photo: Ralf Petterson, KI. Nobel Foundation archive
Tim Hunt
Prize share: 1/3
Photo: Ralf Petterson, KI. Nobel Foundation archive
Sir Paul M. Nurse
Prize share: 1/3
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2001 was awarded jointly to Leland H. Hartwell, Tim Hunt and Sir Paul M. Nurse "for their discoveries of key regulators of the cell cycle"
Six prizes were awarded for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. The 10 laureates' work and discoveries range from optogenetics to efforts to promote peace and international law.
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