Prize announcement

Announcement of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine by Professor Göran K. Hansson, Secretary of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine, on 6 October 2014. Presentation of the Medicine Prize by Professor Ole Kiehn, Member of the Nobel Committee.

Interview

Following the announcement, Professor Juleen Zierath, Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine, was interviewed by freelance journalist Lotta Fredholm about the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

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