html At the beginning of October, it entered the annual Nobel Prize season that once attracted worldwide attention. Since 1901, the Nobel Prize was founded based on the last wish of Nobel Nobel, a famous chemist, entrepreneur and inventor of Sweden, it has gone through a full 120 years and has become the most popular top scientific award in the world, inspiring the scientific progress of mankind in the long run.
is around 17:30 today (October 3rd), and the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine will be announced soon.
Looking at the century-old Nobel Prize, since 1901, a total of 112 Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine have been awarded; each prize can be shared by up to 3 people, so there are a total of 224 winners, and no one has repeatedly won the prize. Among the 1224 award winners of
html, there are 39 exclusive award winners and 12 female award winners.2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Pain Research, won the Nobel Prize. David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian, two scientists, received the honor for their contributions to "discovering temperature and tactile 'receptors'", and they evenly divided the 10 million Swedish Kroner bonus.
. Among all the winners, the youngest winner is Sir Frederick G. Banting, a Canadian doctor, who was awarded the 1923 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering insulin . He was 32 years old at the time. The oldest winner of
is American biologist and virologist Peyton Rous. He won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1966 for discovering the virus that induces tumors. He was 87 years old at the time.
In the development history of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, many studies have profoundly influenced the practice of clinical medicine , and opened up a new path for mankind to overcome diseases.
Who will be the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine this year?
In the context of the global COVID-19 pandemic, mRNA vaccine technology is the most popular candidate for winning awards for two consecutive years.
Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman from University of Pennsylvania have swept five important awards including the Lask Award and the Science Breakthrough Award , and are considered to be "just a matter of time" to win the Nobel Prize in the future.
through the modification of messenger mRNA, the therapeutic technology they developed has enabled the rapid development of efficient new crown mRNA vaccines.
Lask Prize winners, known as the "Nobel Prize Vane", also attracted much attention. The Lask Award, which was just announced this year, was won by Hong Kong scholar Lu Yuming . In 1997, he discovered fetal DNA in his mother's blood, completely changing the clinical practice of screening for fetal genetic abnormalities and realizing non-invasive prenatal testing of Down syndrome .
is just tonight, the Nobel Prize will be announced soon, let’s wait and see!
Author: Li Chenyan
Editor: Li Chenyan
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