# Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureates of the 1960s

Every Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate between 1960 and 1969, with the year and the Nobel Foundation's official citation. Which discovery do you think mattered most?

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- Apr 29, 2023 · cientifica_lento
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## Top 25

1. **Francis Crick** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1962. For their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material.
2. **Frank Macfarlane Burnet** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1960. For discovery of acquired immunological tolerance.
3. **Peter Brian Medawar** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1960. For discovery of acquired immunological tolerance.
4. **Georg von Békésy** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1961. For his discoveries of the physical mechanism of stimulation within the cochlea.
5. **James Dewey Watson** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1962. For their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material.
6. **Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1962. For their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material.
7. **John Carew Eccles** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1963. For their discoveries concerning the ionic mechanisms involved in excitation and inhibition in the peripheral and central portions of the nerve cell membrane.
8. **Alan Lloyd Hodgkin** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1963. For their discoveries concerning the ionic mechanisms involved in excitation and inhibition in the peripheral and central portions of the nerve cell membrane.
9. **Andrew Fielding Huxley** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1963. For their discoveries concerning the ionic mechanisms involved in excitation and inhibition in the peripheral and central portions of the nerve cell membrane.
10. **Konrad Bloch** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1964. For their discoveries concerning the mechanism and regulation of the cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism.
11. **Feodor Lynen** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1964. For their discoveries concerning the mechanism and regulation of the cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism.
12. **François Jacob** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1965. For their discoveries concerning genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis.
13. **André Lwoff** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1965. For their discoveries concerning genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis.
14. **Jacques Monod** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1965. For their discoveries concerning genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis.
15. **Peyton Rous** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1966. For his discovery of tumour-inducing viruses.
16. **Charles Brenton Huggins** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1966. For his discoveries concerning hormonal treatment of prostatic cancer.
17. **Ragnar Granit** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1967. For their discoveries concerning the primary physiological and chemical visual processes in the eye.
18. **Haldan Keffer Hartline** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1967. For their discoveries concerning the primary physiological and chemical visual processes in the eye.
19. **George Wald** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1967. For their discoveries concerning the primary physiological and chemical visual processes in the eye.
20. **Robert W. Holley** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1968. For their interpretation of the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis.
21. **Har Gobind Khorana** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1968. For their interpretation of the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis.
22. **Marshall W. Nirenberg** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1968. For their interpretation of the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis.
23. **Max Delbrück** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1969. For their discoveries concerning the replication mechanism and the genetic structure of viruses.
24. **Alfred Hershey** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1969. For their discoveries concerning the replication mechanism and the genetic structure of viruses.
25. **Salvador E. Luria** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1969. For their discoveries concerning the replication mechanism and the genetic structure of viruses.

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