Sir Martin J Evans Alfred Nobel 1833 1896
Sir Martin J. Evans Alfred Nobel (1833 -1896 ) The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Noble Laureates – Mohamed 2007 Mobarak
"It is my express wish that in awarding the prizes no consideration whatever shall be given to the nationality of the candidates, but that the most worthy shall receive the prize, whether he be Scandinavian or not" (quote from the English translation of Alfred Nobel’s will).
Alfred Nobel - The Man Behind the Nobel Prize
Since 1901, the Nobel Prize • has been honoring men and women from all corners of the globe for outstanding achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and for work in peace. The foundations for the prize were laid in 1895 when Alfred Nobel wrote his last will, leaving much of his wealth to the establishment of the Nobel Prize. .
The medal of the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute represents the Genius of Medicine holding an open book in her lap, collecting the water pouring out from a rock in order to quench a sick girl's thirst.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to 189 persons since 1901 •
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1901 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" Emil Adolf von Behring
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1904 "in recognition of his work on the physiology of digestion, through which knowledge on vital aspects of the subject has been transformed and enlarged" Ivan Petrovich Pavlov
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1905 "for his investigations and discoveries in relation to tuberculosis Robert Koch
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1906 "in recognition of their work on the structure of the nervous system" Camillo Golgi
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1923 for the discovery of insulin" Frederick Grant Banting
Banting and Best's laboratory where insulin was discovered.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1945 for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases" Sir Alexander Fleming
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1962 Francis Harry Compton Crick James Dewey Watson
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1983 "for her discovery of mobile genetic elements" She was the first American woman to win an unshared Nobel. Among the many honors awarded, in 1970, the National Medal of Science, the US Government's highest science award. Barbara Mc. Clintock
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2006 "for their discovery of RNA interference - gene silencing by double-stranded RNA"
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2007 "for their discoveries of principles for introducing specific gene modifications in mice by the use of embryonic stem cells" Sir Martin J. Evans
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to 189 persons since 1901. Only 7 women !
1947 Cori Gerty 1977 Rosalyn Yalow 1983 Barbara Mc. Clintock 1986 Rita Levi-Montalcini 1988 Gertrude B. Elion 1995 Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard 2004 Linda B. Buck
1901 -1925 1926 -1950 1951 -1975 1976 -2000 USA 1 13 32 40 Germany 5 3 3 4 UK 2 7 10 4 France 2 1 3 1 Other 13 12 9 7 Total 23 36 57 56
Egyptian Nobel Laureates in Medicine = Zero ? ? ? !!!!!!!
Is there a problem ? ? Yes •
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Akbar El Youm 22. 4. 06
What is the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is all about ? ?
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