Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Winners 2022-1901(also available in alphabetical arrangement) |
2022
The prize was awarded to: SVANTE PÄÄBO, for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution
The prize was awarded jointly to: DAVID JULIUS, and ARDEM PATAPOUTIAN for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch
The prize was awarded jointly to: HARVEY J. ALTER, MICHAEL HOUGHTON, and CHARLES M. RICE for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus.
The prize was awarded jointly to: WILLIAM G. KAELIN, SIR PETER J. RATCLIFFE, and GREGG L. SEMENZA for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability.
The prize was awarded jointly to: JAMES P. ALLISON, and TASUKU HONJO for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation.
The prize was awarded jointly to: JEFFREY C. HALL, MICHAEL ROSBASH, and MICHAEL W. YOUNG for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm.
The prize was awarded to: YOSHINORI OHSUMI for his discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy
The prize was divided equally, with one half jointly to: WILLIAM C. CAMPBELL and SATOSHI OMURA for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites and the other to: YOUYOU TU for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against Malaria.
The prize was with one half to JOHN O'KEEE and the other half jointly to MAY-BRITT MOSER and EDVARD I. MOSER for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain
The prize was awarded jointly to: JAMES E. ROTHMAN, RANDY W. SCHEKMAN and THOMAS C. SÜDHOF for their discoveries of machinery regulating vesicle traffic, a major transport system in our cells.
The prize was awarded jointly to: JOHN B. GURDON and SHINYA YAMANAKA for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent.
The prize was divided equally, with one half jointly to: BRUCE A. BEUTLER and JULES A. HOFFMANN for their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity and the other half to: RALPH M. STEINMAN for his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity.
The prize was awarded to: ROBERT G. EDWARDS, for the development of in vitro fertilization.
The prize was awarded jointly to: ELIZABETH H. BLACKBURN, CAROL W. GREIDER, and JACK W. SZOSTAK for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase.
The prize was divided equally, one half to: HARALD ZUR HAUSEN for his discovery of human papilloma viruses causing cervical cancer and the other half jointly to: FRANCOISE BARRE SINOUSSI, and LUC MONTAGNIER for their discovery of human immunodeficiency virus
The prize was awarded jointly to: MARIO R. CAPECCHI, SIR MARTIN J. EVANS, and OLIVER SMITHIES for their discoveries of principles for introducing specific gene modifications in mice by the use of embryonic stem cells
The prize was awarded jointly to: ANDREW Z. FIRE, and CRAIG C. MELLO for their discovery of RNA interference - gene silencing by double-stranded RNA
The prize was awarded jointly to: BARRY J. MARSHALL, and J. ROBIN WARREN for their discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease.
The prize was awarded jointly to: RICHARD AXEL, and LINDA B BUCK for their discoveries of odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system
The prize was awarded jointly to: PAUL C. LAUTERBUR, and SIR PETER MANSFIELD for their discoveries concerning magnetic resonance imaging.
The prize was awarded jointly to: SYDNEY BRENNER, H. ROBERT HORVITZ and JOHN E. SULSTON for their discoveries concerning genetic regulation of organ development and programmed cell death.
The prize was awarded jointly to: LELAND H. HARTWELL, R. TIMOTHY HUNT and PAUL M. NURSE for their discoveries of "key regulators of the cell cycle."
The prize was awarded jointly to: ARVID CARLSSON, PAUL GREENGARD and ERIC KANDEL for their discoveries concerning signal transduction in the nervous system.
The prize was awarded to: GÜNTER BLOBEL, for the discovery that proteins have intrinsic signals that govern their transport and localization in the cell.
The prize was awarded jointly to: ROBERT F. FURCHGOTT, LOUIS J. IGNARRO and FERID MURAD for their discoveries concerning nitric oxide as a signalling molecule in the cardiovascular system.
STANLEY B. PRUSINER for his discovery of Prions - a new biological principle of infection
The prize was awarded jointly to: PETER C. DOHERTY and ROLF M. ZINKERNAGEL for their discoveries concerning the specificity of the cell mediated immune defence.
The prize was awarded jointly to: EDWARD B. LEWIS, CHRISTIANE NÜSSLEIN-VOLHARD and ERIC F. WIESCHAUS for their discoveries concerning the genetic control of early embryonic development.
The prize was awarded jointly to:
ALFRED G. GILMAN
and
MARTIN RODBELL
for their discovery of G-proteins and the role of these proteins in signal transduction in cells.
The prize was awarded jointly to:
RICHARD J. ROBERTS
and
PHILLIP A. SHARP
for their independent discoveries of split genes.
The prize was awarded jointly to:
EDMOND H. FISCHER
and
EDWIN G. KREBS
for their discoveries concerning reversible protein phosphorylation as a biological regulatory mechanism.
The prize was awarded jointly to:
ERWIN NEHER
and
BERT SAKMANN
for their discoveries concerning the function of single ion channels in cells.
The prize was awarded jointly to:
JOSEPH E. MURRAY
and
E. DONNALL THOMAS
for their discoveries concerning organ and cell transplantation in the treatment of human disease.
The prize was awarded jointly to:
J. MICHAEL BISHOP
and
HAROLD E. VARMUS
for their discovery of the cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes.
The prize was awarded jointly to:
SIR JAMES W. BLACK
,
GERTRUDE B. ELION
and
GEORGE H. HITCHINGS
for their discoveries of important principles for drug treatment.
SUSUMU TONEGAWA
for his discovery of the genetic principle for generation of antibody diversity.
The prize was awarded jointly to:
STANLEY COHEN
and
RITA LEVI-MONTALCINI
for their discoveries of growth factors.
The prize was awarded jointly to:
MICHAEL S. BROWN
and
JOSEPH L. GOLDSTEIN
for their discoveries concerning the regulation of cholesterol metabolism.
The prize was awarded jointly to:
NIELS K. JERNE
,
GEORGES J.F. KÖHLER
and
CÉSAR MILSTEIN
for theories concerning the specificity in development and control of the immune system and the discovery of the principle for production of monoclonal antibodies.
BARBARA MC CLINTOCK
for her discovery of mobile genetic elements.
The prize was awarded jointly to:
SUNE K. BERGSTRÖM
,
BENGT I. SAMUELSSON
and
SIR JOHN R. VANE
for their discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related biologically active substances.
The prize was divided equally, one half awarded to: ROGER W. SPERRY for his discoveries concerning the functional specialization of the cerebral hemispheres. and the other half awarded jointly to:
DAVID H. HUBEL
and
TORSTEN N. WIESEL
for their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system.
The prize was awarded jointly to:
BARUJ BENACERRAF
,
JEAN DAUSSET
and
GEORGE D. SNELL
for their discoveries concerning genetically determined structures on the cell surface that regulate immunological reactions.
The prize was awarded jointly to:
ALAN M. CORMACK
and
SIR GODFREY N. HOUNSFIELD
for the development of computer assisted
tomography.
The prize was awarded jointly to:
WERNER ARBER
,
DANIEL NATHANS
and
HAMILTON O. SMITH
for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to problems of molecular genetics.
The prize was divided equally, one half awarded jointly to: ROGER GUILLEMIN and ANDREW V. SCHALLY for their discoveries concerning the peptide hormone production of the brain and the other half awarded to:
ROSALYN YALOW
for the development of radioimmunoassays of peptide hormones.
The prize was awarded jointly to:
BARUCH S. BLUMBERG
and
D. CARLETON GAJDUSEK
for their discoveries concerning new mechanisms for the origin and dissemination of infectious diseases.
The prize was awarded jointly to:
DAVID BALTIMORE
,
RENATO DULBECCO
and
HOWARD MARTIN TEMIN
for their discoveries concerning the interaction between tumour viruses and the genetic material of the cell.
The prize was awarded jointly to:
ALBERT CLAUDE
,
CHRISTIAN DE DUVE
and
GEORGE E. PALADE
for their discoveries concerning the structural and functional organization of the cell.
The prize was awarded jointly to:
KARL VON FRISCH
,
KONRAD LORENZ
and
NIKOLAAS TINBERGEN
for their discoveries concerning organization and elicitation of individual and social behaviour patterns.
The prize was awarded jointly to:
GERALD M. EDELMAN
and
RODNEY R. PORTER
for their discoveries concerning the chemical structure of antibodies.
EARL W. JR. SUTHERLAND
for his discoveries concerning the mechanisms of the action of hormones.
The prize was awarded jointly to:
SIR BERNARD KATZ
,
ULF VON EULER
and
JULIUS AXELROD
for their discoveries concerning the humoral transmittors in the nerve terminals and the mechanism for their storage, release and inactivation.
The prize was awarded jointly to:
MAX DELBRÜCK
,
ALFRED D. HERSHEY
and
SALVADOR E. LURIA
for their discoveries concerning the replication mechanism and the gentic structure of viruses.
The prize was awarded jointly to:
ROBERT W. HOLLEY
,
HAR GOBIND KHORANA
and
MARSHALL W. NIRENBERG
for their interpretation of the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis.
The prize was awarded jointly to:
RAGNAR GRANIT
,
HALDAN KEFFER HARTLINE
and
GEORGE WALD
for their discoveries concerning the primary physiological and chemical visual processes in the eye.
The prize was divided equally, one half awarded to: PEYTON ROUS for his discovery of tumorinducing viruses and the other half to:
CHARLES BRENTON HUGGINS
for his discoveries concerning hormonal treatment of prostatic cancer.
The prize was awarded jointly to:
FRANÇOIS JACOB
,
ANDRÉ LWOFF
and
JACOUES MONOD
for their discoveries concerning genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis.
The prize was awarded jointly to:
KONRAD BLOCH
and
FEODOR LYNEN
for their discoveries concerning the mechanism and regulation of the cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism.
The prize was awarded jointly to:
SIR JOHN CAREW ECCLES
,
SIR ALAN LLOYD HODGKIN
and
SIR ANDREW FIELDING HUXLEY
for their discoveries concerning the ionic mechanisms involved in excitation and inhibition in the peripheral and central portions of the nerve cell membrane.
The prize was awarded jointly to:
FRANCIS HARRY COMPTON CRICK
,
JAMES DEWEY WATSON
and
MAURICE HUGH FREDERICK WILKINS
for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nuclear acids and its significance for information transfer in living material.
GEORG VON BÉKÉSY
for his discoveries of the physical mechanism of stimulation within the cochlea.
The prize was awarded jointly to:
SIR FRANK MACFARLANE BURNET
and
SIR PETER BRIAN MEDAWAR
for discovery of acquired immunological tolerance.
The prize was awarded jointly to:
SEVERO OCHOA
and
ARTHUR KORNBERG
for their discovery of the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of ribonucleic acid and deoxiribonucleic acid.
The prize was divided equally, one half awarded jointly to: GEORGE WELLS BEADLE and EDWARD LAWRIE TATUM for their discovery that genes act by regulating definite chemical events and the other half to:
JOSHUA LEDERBERG
for his discoveries concerning genetic recombination and the organization of the genetic material of bacteria.
DANIEL BOVET
for his discoveries relating to synthetic compounds that inhibit the action of certain body substances, and especially their action on the vascular system and the skeletal muscles.
The prize was awarded jointly to:
ANDRÉ FRÉDÉRIC COURNAND
,
WERNER FORSSMANN
and
DICKINSON W. RICHARDS
for their discoveries concerning heart catherization and pathological changes in the circulatory system.
AXEL HUGO THEODOR THEORELL
for his discoveries concerning the nature and mode of action of oxidation enzymes.
The prize was awarded jointly to:
JOHN FRANKLIN ENDERS
,
THOMAS HUCKLE WELLER
and
FREDERICK CHAPMAN ROBBINS
for their discovery of the ability of poliomyelitis viruses to grow in cultures of various types of tissue.
The prize was divided equally, one half awarded to: SIR HANS ADOLF KREBS for his discovery of the citric acid cycle and the other half to:
FRITZ ALBERT LIPMANN
for his discovery of co-enzyme A and its importance for intermediary metabolism.
SELMAN ABRAHAM WAKSMAN
for his discovery of streptomycin, the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis.
MAX THEILER
for his discoveries concerning yellow fever and how to combat it.
The prize was awarded jointly to:
EDWARD CALVIN KENDALL
,
TADEUS REICHSTEIN
and
PHILIP SHOWALTER HENCH
for their discoveries relating to the hormones of the adrenal cortex, their structure and biological effects.
The prize was divided equally, one half awarded to: WALTER RUDOLF HESS for his discovery of the functional organization of the interbrain as a coordinator of the activities of the internal organs and the other half to:
ANTONIO CAETANO DE ABREU FREIRE EGAS MONIZ
for his discovery of the therapeutic value of leucotomy in certain psychoses.
PAUL HERMANN MÜLLER
for his discovery of the high efficiency of DDT as a contact poison against several arth ropods.
The prize was divided, one half awarded jointly to: CARL FERDINAND CORI and GERTY THERESA CORI née RADNITZ for their discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen the other half awarded to:
BERNARDO ALBERTO HOUSSAY
for his discovery of the part played by the
hormone of the anterior pituitary lobe in the metabolism of sugar.
HERMANN JOSEPH MULLER
for the discovery of the production of mutations by means of X-ray irradiation.
The prize was awarded jointly to:
SIR ALEXANDER FLEMING
,
SIR ERNST BORIS CHAIN
and
LORD HOWARD WALTER FLOREY
for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases.
The prize was awarded jointly to
JOSEPH ERLANGER
and
HERBERT SPENCER GASSER
for their discoveries relating to the highly differentiated functions of single nerve fibres.
The prize was divided equally, one half awarded to: HENRIK CARL PETER DAM for his discovery of vitamin K. and the other half to:
EDWARD ADELBERT DOISY
for his discovery of the chemical nature of
vitamin K.
1942-1940The prize money was allocated to the Main Fund (1/3) and to the Special Fund (2/3) of this prize section.
GERHARD DOMAGK
for the discovery of the antibacterial effects of prontosil. (Caused
by the authorities of his country to decline the award, but later
received the diploma and the medal.)
CORNEILLE JEAN FRANÇOIS HEYMANS for the discovery of the role played by the sinus and aortic mechanisms in the regulation of respiration.
ALBERT SZENT-GYÖRGYI VON NAGYRAPOLT
for his discoveries in connection with the biological combustion processes, with special reference to vitamin C and the catalysis of fumaric acid.
The prize was awarded jointly to:
SIR HENRY HALLETT DALE
and
OTTO LOEWI
for their discoveries relating to chemical transmission of nerve impulses.
HANS SPEMANN
for his discovery of the organizer effect in embryonic development.
The prize was awarded jointly to:
GEORGE HOYT WHIPPLE
,
GEORGE RICHARDS MINOT
and
WILLIAM PARRY MURPHY
for their
discoveries concerning liver therapy in cases of anaemia.
THOMAS HUNT MORGAN
for his discoveries concerning the role played by the chromosome in heredity.
The prize was awarded jointly to:
SIR CHARLES SCOTT SHERRINGTON
and
LORD EDGAR DOUGLAS ADRIAN
for their discoveries regarding the functions of neurons.
OTTO HEINRICH WARBURG
for his discovery of the nature and mode of action of the respiratory enzyme.
KARL LANDSTEINER
for his discovery of human blood groups.
The prize was divided equally, one half awarded to: CHRISTIAAN EIJKMAN for his discovery of the antineuritic vitamin and the other half awarded to:
SIR FREDERICK GOWLAND HOPKINS
for his discovery of the growth-stimulating vitamins.
CHARLES JULES HENRI NICOLLE
for his work on typhus.
JULIUS WAGNER-JAUREGG
for his discovery of the therapeutic value of malaria inoculation in the treatment of dementia paralytica.
JOHANNES ANDREAS GRIB FIBIGER
for his discovery
of the Spiroptera carcinoma.
The prize money for 1925 was allocated to the Special Fund
of this prize section.
WILLEM EINTHOVEN
for his discovery of the mechanism of the electrocardiogram.
SIR FREDERICK GRANT BANTING
and
JOHN JAMES RICHARD MACLEOD
for the discovery of insulin.
The prize was divided equally between: SIR ARCHIBALD VIVIAN HILL for his discovery relating to the production of heat in the muscle and
OTTO FRITZ MEYERHOF
for his
discovery of the fixed relationship between the consumption of oxygen
and the metabolism of lactid acid in the muscle.
The prize money for 1921 was allocated to the Special Fund
of this prize section.
SCHACK AUGUST STEENBERGER KROGH
for his discovery of the capillary motor regulating mechanism.
JULES BORDET
for his
discoveries relating to immunity.
1918-1915The prize money for 1918-1915 was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section.
ROBERT BÁRÁNY
for his work on the physiology and pathology of the vestibular apparatus.
CHARLES ROBERT RICHET
in recognition of his work on anaphylaxis.
ALEXIS CARREL
in recognition of his work on vascular suture and the transplantation of blood-vessels and organs.
ALLVAR GULLSTRAND
for his work on the dioptrics of the eye.
ALBRECHT KOSSEL
in recognition of the contributions to our knowledge of cell chemistry made through his work on proteins, including the nucleic substances.
EMIL THEODOR KOCHER
for his work on the physiology, pathology and surgery of the thyroid gland.
The prize was awarded jointly to:
ILYA ILYICH MECHNIKOV
and
PAUL EHRLICH
in recognition of their work on immunity.
CHARLES LOUIS ALPHONSE LAVERAN
in recognition of his work on the role played by protozoa in causing diseases.
The prize was awarded jointly to:
CAMILLO GOLGI
and
SANTIAGO RAMON Y CAJAL
in recognition of their work on the stucture of the nervous system.
ROBERT KOCH
for his
investigations and discoveries in relation to tuberculosis.
IVAN PETROVICH PAVLOV
in recognition of his work on the physiology of digestion, through which knowledge on vital aspects of the subject has been transformed and enlarged.
NIELS RYBERG FINSEN
in recognition of his contribution to the treatment of diseases, especially lupus vulgaris, with concentrated light radiation, whereby he has opened a new avenue for medical science.
SIR RONALD ROSS
for his work on malaria, by which he has shown how it enters the organism and thereby has laid the foundation for successful resesarch on this disease and methods of combating it.
EMIL ADOLF VON BEHRING for his work on serum therapy, especially its application against diphtheria, by which he has opened a new road in the domain of medical science and thereby placed in the hands of the physician a victorious weapon against illness and deaths. |