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The 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
to the person(s) who made the most important discovery within the domain of physiology or medicine.
Date3 October 2022 (2022-10-03)
LocationStockholm
CountrySweden
Presented byNobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet
Hosted byThomas Perlmann
Reward(s)9 million SEK (2017)[1]
First awarded1901
2022 laureateto be announced
Website2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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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:

Unofficial candidates for the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Nominee Country Motivation Institute(s)
Masato Hasegawa
(b. 1991) 		 Japan "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)  China
 United States 		University of Pennsylvania
Mary-Claire King
(b. 1946) 		 United States "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) 		 United States "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

  1. ^ "Nobel Prize amount is raised by SEK 1 million". Nobelprize.org. Archived from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  2. ^ The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2022 nobelprize.org
  3. ^ Alfred Nobel's will nobelprize.org
  4. ^ The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2021 nobelprize.org
  5. ^ a b c "Clarivate Reveals Citation Laureates 2022 – Annual List of Researchers of Nobel Class". Clarivate. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
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