The award committee said in a statement:Nobel Prize This year, it rewards two scientists for discovering a fundamental principle that governs the regulation of gene activity,” adding, “Their pioneering discovery revealed a completely new principle for regulating gene activity.” Genes “It turns out to be essential for multicellular organisms, including humans.”
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded last year to a Hungarian American Catalin Carrico And American Drew Weissman for their discoveries that helped manufacture vaccines RNA Al-Marsal (mRNA) vs Covid-19 Which was crucial in slowing the spread of the epidemic.
The Medicine Prize has been awarded 114 times to a total of 227 laureates.
Only 13 women were awarded the prize, which has a cash value of 11 million Swedish krona ($1 million) from the inheritance of the prize’s creator, Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel.
Winners of the Nobel Prize in Medicine in the last ten years
- 2024: Victor Ambros and Gary Rafkin (USA) announced their discovery of microRNA, a new class of small DNA molecules that play a crucial role in regulating gene activity.
- 2023: Katalin Karikó (Hungary) and Drew Weissman (United States) for their mRNA vaccine discoveries that paved the way for COVID-19 vaccines.
- 2022: Svante Pääbo (Sweden) for his role in determining the complete sequence of the Neanderthal genome and in establishing this specialty, which seeks, by studying DNA from fossils of ancient times, to know the characteristics of human genes in ancient times.
- 2021: David Julius and Arderem Patapoutian (USA) for their discoveries on how the nervous system transmits signals associated with temperature and touch.
- 2020: Harvey Alter, Charles Rice (United States) and Michael Houghton (Britain) for their role in discovering the virus responsible for hepatitis C.
- 2019: William Kaelin and Greg Semenza (United States) and Peter Ratcliffe (Britain) for their discovery of molecular mechanisms responsible for cells’ adaptation to fluctuating oxygen levels in the body, which opened therapeutic horizons for cancer and anemia.
- 2018: James B. Allison (United States) and Tasaku Honjo (Japan) for their research into immunotherapy, which has proven effective specifically in treating lethal cancers.
- 2017: Jeffrey S. Hall, Michael Rosbach, and Michael W. Yang (United States) for their discovery of molecular mechanisms regulating circadian rhythms.
- 2016: Yoshinori Ohsumi (Japan) for his research on autophagy in damaged cells.
- 2015: William Campbell (Ireland), Satoshi Omura (Japan) and Yuyou Tu (China) for discovering treatments against parasitic infections and malaria.
Winners are invited to receive their awards at ceremonies held on December 10, the anniversary of Nobel’s death.
Nobel announcements continue to be revealed Physics Prize– Tuesday, Chemistry on Wednesday, and Literature on Thursday.
It will be announced Nobel Peace Prize on Friday and the Economics Prize on October 14.
