Prize announcement

Announcement of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine by Professor Urban Lendahl, Secretary of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine, on 6 October 2015.

Interview

Following the announcement, Professor Juleen Zierath, Chair of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine, was interviewed by freelance journalist Lotta Fredholm about the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

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MLA style: Prize announcement. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2020. Fri. 17 Jan 2020. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2015/prize-announcement/>

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