The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2019

William Kaelin official Nobel portrait

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Prize share: 1/3

Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe

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Prize share: 1/3

Gregg L. Semenza

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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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Nobel Prizes 2019

Fifteen laureates were awarded in 2019, for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind.

Their work and discoveries range from how cells adapt to changes in levels of oxygen to our ability to fight global poverty.

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