—2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine —
2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was first announced at 5:30 pm Beijing time on October 3. Dr. Svante Pääbo from Germany won the award, reason for winning: discoveries in the extinct human genome and human evolution . He established a brand new scientific discipline - paleogenomics. By revealing the genetic differences between all existing humans and extinct ancient humans, his discovery provides the basis for exploring “what makes us unique humans.”
—2015-2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine —
2021—David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian won the award together. The reason for the discovery of receptors that perceive temperature and touch.
2020—Three American and British scientists Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice won the award for the discovery of hepatitis C virus.
2019—Three US and UK scientists William G. Kaelin Jr, Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza won the award, and the reason for "discovering how cells perceive and adapt to the availability of oxygen ".
2018—American scientist James P. Allision and Japanese scientist Tasuku Honjo won the award, with the reason for "discovering cancer therapies that inhibit negative immune regulation."
2017—Three American scientists Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young won the award, with the reason for "discovering the molecular mechanism that regulates the circadian rhythm."
2016—Japanese scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi won the award, the reason for "the discovery of the cell autophagy mechanism."
2015—Chinese scientist Tu Youyou won the award, the reason for "the discovery of new malaria therapies"; the other two award-winning scientists were William C. Campbell of Irish and Satoshi ōmura of Japan, the reason for "the discovery of new therapies of parasite infection in roundworms."
