The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2019

William G. Kaelin Jr

Ill. Niklas Elmehed. © Nobel Media.

Prize share: 1/3

Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe

Ill. Niklas Elmehed. © Nobel Media.

Prize share: 1/3

Gregg L. Semenza

Ill. Niklas Elmehed. © Nobel Media.

Prize share: 1/3

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2019 was awarded jointly to William G. Kaelin Jr, Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza "for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability."

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