Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine 2023: The 2023 Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine will be announced on October 2, 2023, at 11:45 CEST (3:15 pm IST). Every year, the Physiology or Medicine Nobel is announced first in the Nobel series, which includes six prizes. In 2022, Swedish geneticist Svante Pääbo won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his pioneering work in the genetic analysis of Neanderthals and Denisovans, the extinct relatives of human beings or Homo sapiens. Pääbo was awarded the Nobel Prize “for his discoveries concerning the genome of extinct hominins and human evolution".
The 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was jointly awarded to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian for "their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch".
Their discoveries led to the identification of additional temperature-sensing receptors, which are important for several physiological processes and disease conditions.
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023: When and how to watch online
One can watch the announcement of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on the official website or the official YouTube channel of the Nobel organisation. The livestream started a few minutes before the scheduled time of announcement.
History of Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded since 1901. So far, 113 Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine have been awarded.
As many as 12 women have won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine so far.
Frederick G Banting, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1923, when he was 32 years of age, is the youngest medicine laureate ever. He received the award for the discovery of insulin.
Peyton Rous, who was awarded the 1966 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of tumour-inducing viruses, when he was 87 years of age, is the oldest medicine laureate ever.
Sune Bergström and Svante Pääbo are the only father-son duo to have each been awarded a Medicine Nobel.
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