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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 374

Nobel Prize in Medicine

American molecular biologist Gary Ruvkun, left, and UMass Chair in Natural Sciences and professor of molecular medicine, Victor Ambros, in undated pictures. (Joshua Touster and UMass via AP)
October 7, 2024, 3:01 pm
Americans Victor Ambros, Gary Ruvkun win Nobel Prize in medicine for microRNA discovery
Nobel Assembly says duo’s discovery is ‘fundamentally important for how organisms develop and function’; Ruvkun is Jewish; Ambros’s father endured forced labor by the Nazis
By AP and ToI Staff
A screen at the Karolinska Institute shows this year's laureates Katalin Kariko of Hungary (L) and Drew Weissman of the US during the announcement of the winners of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm on October 2, 2023.(Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP)
October 2, 2023, 1:25 pm
Drew Weissman, Katalin Karikó win Nobel in medicine for enabling mRNA COVID vaccines
US-Jewish and Hungarian co-researchers cited for contribution to ‘unprecedented rate of vaccine development during one of greatest threats to human health in modern times’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Swedish scientist Svante Paabo smiles at the award ceremony at the Hamburg Kerber Foundation's European Science Prize, in Hamburg, Germany, September 7, 2018. (Christian Charisius/dpa via AP)
October 3, 2022, 1:57 pm
Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to Swedish evolutionary scientist
Svante Paabo, whose research showed genetic mixing between humans and Neanderthals and Denisovans, to receive nearly $900,000
By AP and ToI Staff
Nobel prize winners David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian. (NIKLAS ELMEHED / NOBEL PRIZE OUTREACH)
October 4, 2021, 2:12 pm
Prof. whose grandparents fled antisemitism in Czarist Russia wins medicine Nobel
David Julius shares prize with fellow US scientist Ardem Patapoutian for advancing understanding of how we feel heat, cold and force
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Otto Warburg in his laboratory at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institutes. (The German Federal Archives)
September 3, 2021, 10:39 pm
Why the Nazis allowed a Jewish cancer scientist to remain in Berlin during WWII
Sam Apple’s new book ‘Ravenous’ tackles the fascinating scientific nexus between cellular metabolism and oncogenes, warning of a link between excessive sugar consumption and cancer
By Renee Ghert-Zand
The 2020 Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine are announced during a news conference at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, Monday Oct. 5, 2020. The prize has been awarded jointly to Harvey J. Alter, left on screen, Michael Houghton, center, and Charles M. Rice for the discovery of the Hepatitis C virus. (Claudio Bresciani/TT via AP)
October 5, 2020, 5:02 pm
Jewish scientist shares Nobel for finding hepatitis C, helping to save millions
‘For first time, disease can now be cured’: Harvey J. Alter gets medicine Nobel, with Charles M. Rice and Michael Houghton; says 4:45 a.m. call was ‘best alarm clock I’ve ever had’
By AP and ToI Staff
Nobel Assembly members (L-R) Patrik Ernfors, Anna Wedell and Randall Johnson sit in front of a screen displaying the winners of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (L-R) Gregg Semenza, Peter Ratcliffe and William Kaelin after their names were announced during a press conference at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, on October 7, 2019. (Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP)
October 8, 2019, 5:06 am
Trio wins Nobel Prize in Medicine for showing how cells sense low oxygen
Findings by American and British scientists being used to develop new treatments for anemia, cancer and other diseases
By Malcolm Ritter and Maria Cheng
Secretary of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine, Thomas Perlmann (R) stands next to a screen displaying portraits of James P Allison (L) and Tasuku Honjo during the announcement of the winners of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, during a press conference at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, on October 1, 2018 (AFP PHOTO / Jonathan NACKSTRAND)
October 1, 2018, 1:25 pm
US, Japanese scientists win Nobel Medicine Prize for cancer therapy breakthrough
James Allison and Tasuku Honjo developed a therapy which allows the immune system to get to work more quickly to fight the disease
By AFP
Nobel Laureate Gunter Blobel. (Screen capture: YouTube)
February 20, 2018, 6:22 pm
Nobel laureate who donated prize to rebuild Dresden synagogue and church dies
Günter Blobel, 81, witnessed Allied firebombing of Dresden as a child and gave $960,000 to city
By David Sedley
Brandeis University biology professor Michael Rosbash is one of the winners of the 2017 Nobel Prize for Medicine. (Courtesy of Brandeis University via JTA)
October 7, 2017, 8:15 am
Western society suffers chronic sleep deprivation, Jewish Nobel winner says
American neuroscientist Michael Rosbash won medicine prize for research on circadian rhythms, increasingly seen as having significant effects on our health
By ToI Staff
Portraits of the winners of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry are seen on a screen (L-R) Jacques Dubochet from Switzerland, Joachim Frank from the US and Richard Henderson from Britain on October 4, 2017 at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden. (Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP)
October 4, 2017, 2:09 pm
Nobel Chemistry Prize honors electron microscopy
US-, UK- and Switzerland-based researchers Joachim Frank, Richard Henderson and Jacques Dubochet will share $1.1 million reward
By AP and ToI Staff
Brandeis University biology professor Michael Rosbash is one of the winners of the 2017 Nobel Prize for Medicine. (Courtesy of Brandeis University via JTA)
October 2, 2017, 11:54 pm
Jewish neuroscientist, son of a cantor, among Nobel winners
Brandeis University’s Michael Rosbash, whose parents fled Nazi Germany, awarded medal with two others for work on circadian rhythms
By JTA
Winners of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (L-R) Jeffrey C Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W Young are pictured on a display during a press conference at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm on October 2, 2017. (AFP PHOTO/Jonathan NACKSTRAND)
October 2, 2017, 2:34 pm
Americans win Nobel medicine prize for circadian rhythm work
Michael Rosbash, son of Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany, awarded $1.1 million prize along with Jeffrey C. Hall, Michal W. Young
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Danny Shapiro
November 18, 2014, 7:10 pm
Danny Shapiro
A “Technion Lifer”: Steve Grand’s amazing story
A lifetime friend of Israel’s premier scientific educational institution had his life saved by research done at that same school
The 2013 Nobel Prize for Medicine winners (photo credit: courtesy http://www.nobelprize.org/)
October 7, 2013, 1:14 pm
Israelis lose out to US-German trio for Nobel medicine prize
James Rothman and Randy Schekman, both Jewish, win together with Thomas Suedhof for discoveries on how proteins are transported within cells
By AP and ToI Staff
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