2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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![]() to the person(s) who made the most important discovery within the domain of physiology or medicine. | |
Date | 3 October 2022 |
Location | Stockholm |
Country | Sweden |
Presented by | Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet |
Hosted by | Thomas Perlmann |
Reward(s) | 9 million SEK (2017)[1] |
First awarded | 1901 |
2022 laureate | to be announced |
Website | 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
The 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is an international prize that will be announced by the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, on October 3, 2022.[2] It is one of the five prizes established according to Alfred Nobel's will.[3]
The recipient of the 2021 prize was awarded to the American physiologists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian "for the discovery of receptors for temperature and touch."[4]
Possible nominees
Among the most favoured contenders by numerous medical institutes were the following medical researchers and physiologists:
Nominee | Country | Motivation | Institute(s) |
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Masato Hasegawa (b. 1991) |
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"for the identification of TDP-43, a pathological signature of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), and for other contributions to the study of neurodegenerative diseases."[5] | Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science |
Virginia Man-Yee Lee (b. 1945) | ![]() ![]() |
University of Pennsylvania | |
Mary-Claire King (b. 1946) |
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"for demonstrating inherited susceptibility for breast and ovarian cancer and discovering the role played by mutations of the BRCA1 gene."[5] | University of Washington |
Stuart Orkin (b. 1946) |
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"for his foundational research on the genetic basis of blood diseases and for advancing gene therapy for sickle cell anemia and beta-thalassemia."[5] | Harvard Medical School Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
References
- ^ "Nobel Prize amount is raised by SEK 1 million". Nobelprize.org. Archived from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ^ The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2022 nobelprize.org
- ^ Alfred Nobel's will nobelprize.org
- ^ The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2021 nobelprize.org
- ^ a b c "Clarivate Reveals Citation Laureates 2022 – Annual List of Researchers of Nobel Class". Clarivate. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.