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The co-winners of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine David Julius (L) and Ardem Patapoutian are displayed on a screen during a press conference at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, on 4 October 2021. Picture: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP

Nobel prize for medicine

US duo win Nobel for work on temperature and touch

By AFP

"The groundbreaking discoveries... by this year's Nobel Prize laureates have allowed us to understand how heat, cold and mechanical force can initiate the nerve...

  • Yoshinori Ohsumi receives a bouquet of flowers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Tokyo on October 3, 2016 after winning the Nobel Prize in Medicine. Picture: AFP

    Japanese scientist wins Nobel medicine prize for work on ‘self-eating’ cell mechanism

    The Physiology or Medicine prize, the first of the Nobel prizes awarded each year, is worth $933,000.

    2094 days ago
  • FILE: Medicine is the first of the Nobel prizes awarded each year. Picture: Supplied.

    Nobel Medicine prize awarded for work on parasitic diseases

    William Campbell, Satoshi Omura & Youyou Tu jointly won the prizes for their discoveries.

    2458 days ago
  • A giant screen displays the image of British-American researcher John O'Keefe at a press conference of the Nobel Committee to announce the winner of the 2014 Nobel Medicine Prize on 6 October 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Discoverers of brain's inner GPS system win Nobel Prize

    The discovery by three scientists supports the understanding of diseases such as Alzheimer’s.

    2822 days ago
  • Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel have won 2013’s Nobel Prize in chemistry. Picture: AFP

    Three pioneers win chemistry Nobel Prize

    Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry.

    3184 days ago
  • British scientist, John Gurdon, one of the 2012 Nobel Prize for medicine winners. Picture: CharlieRose.com

    Japanese, UK scientists win Nobel medicine prize

    Their work on creating stem cells opened the door to new methods to diagnose and treat diseases.

    3550 days ago
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