Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureates of the 1930s
The top 3 according to 141 votes from people: Karl Landsteiner · Otto Heinrich Warburg · Charles Scott Sherrington. (Updated Sep 7, 2020.)
Every Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate between 1930 and 1939, with the year and the Nobel Foundation's official citation. Which discovery do you think mattered most?
Top 14
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Karl Landsteiner
1930. For his discovery of human blood groups.
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Otto Heinrich Warburg
1931. For his discovery of the nature and mode of action of the respiratory enzyme.
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Charles Scott Sherrington
1932. For their discoveries regarding the functions of neurons.
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Edgar Adrian
1932. For their discoveries regarding the functions of neurons.
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Thomas Hunt Morgan
1933. For his discoveries concerning the role played by the chromosome in heredity.
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George Minot
1934. For their discoveries concerning liver therapy in cases of anaemia.
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William P. Murphy
1934. For their discoveries concerning liver therapy in cases of anaemia.
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Henry Hallett Dale
1936. For their discoveries relating to chemical transmission of nerve impulses.
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George Whipple
1934. For their discoveries concerning liver therapy in cases of anaemia.
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Albert Szent-Györgyi
1937. For his discoveries in connection with the biological combustion processes, with special reference to vitamin C and the catalysis of fumaric acid.
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Corneille Heymans
1938. For the discovery of the role played by the sinus and aortic mechanisms in the regulation of respiration.
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Otto Loewi
1936. For their discoveries relating to chemical transmission of nerve impulses.
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Hans Spemann
1935. For his discovery of the organizer effect in embryonic development.
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Gerhard Domagk
1939. For the discovery of the antibacterial effects of prontosil.
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Comments (12)
Warburg's effect is still debated in cancer research.
Sherrington and Adrian, neurons.
Whipple, Minot and Murphy, liver therapy for anaemia.
Spemann and the organiser, embryology.
Great list for a biology student.
Domagk was forced by the Nazis to decline in 1939.
Dale and Loewi, chemical neurotransmission.
Szent-Györgyi and vitamin C.
Amazing decade of discoveries.
Landsteiner and blood groups, saving lives every day.
Heymans and the carotid body.
Thomas Hunt Morgan and his fruit flies.