# Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureates of the 1970s

Every Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate between 1970 and 1979, with the year and the Nobel Foundation's official citation. Which discovery do you think mattered most?

- 123 votes · 25 items
- Jul 4, 2020 · Fiona Shaw
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## Top 25

1. **Ulf von Euler** (11 · ▲13 ▼2) — 1970. For their discoveries concerning the humoral transmitters in the nerve terminals and the mechanism for their storage, release and inactivation.
2. **Bernard Katz** (9 · ▲10 ▼1) — 1970. For their discoveries concerning the humoral transmitters in the nerve terminals and the mechanism for their storage, release and inactivation.
3. **Konrad Lorenz** (8 · ▲8 ▼0) — 1973. For their discoveries concerning organization and elicitation of individual and social behaviour patterns.
4. **Earl W. Sutherland Jr.** (7 · ▲8 ▼1) — 1971. For his discoveries concerning the mechanisms of the action of hormones.
5. **Rodney R. Porter** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — 1972. For their discoveries concerning the chemical structure of antibodies.
6. **Karl von Frisch** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — 1973. For their discoveries concerning organization and elicitation of individual and social behaviour patterns.
7. **Howard Martin Temin** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — 1975. For their discoveries concerning the interaction between tumour viruses and the genetic material of the cell.
8. **Julius Axelrod** (5 · ▲8 ▼3) — 1970. For their discoveries concerning the humoral transmitters in the nerve terminals and the mechanism for their storage, release and inactivation.
9. **Gerald M. Edelman** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — 1972. For their discoveries concerning the chemical structure of antibodies.
10. **George E. Palade** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — 1974. For their discoveries concerning the structural and functional organization of the cell.
11. **Albert Claude** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — 1974. For their discoveries concerning the structural and functional organization of the cell.
12. **D. Carleton Gajdusek** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 1976. For their discoveries concerning new mechanisms for the origin and dissemination of infectious diseases.
13. **Roger Guillemin** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 1977. For their discoveries concerning the peptide hormone production of the brain.
14. **Rosalyn Yalow** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 1977. For the development of radioimmunoassays of peptide hormones.
15. **Nikolaas Tinbergen** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — 1973. For their discoveries concerning organization and elicitation of individual and social behaviour patterns.
16. **Christian de Duve** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1974. For their discoveries concerning the structural and functional organization of the cell.
17. **Daniel Nathans** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1978. For the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to problems of molecular genetics.
18. **Hamilton O. Smith** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1978. For the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to problems of molecular genetics.
19. **Allan M. Cormack** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1979. For the development of computer assisted tomography.
20. **Godfrey N. Hounsfield** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1979. For the development of computer assisted tomography.
21. **David Baltimore** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — 1975. For their discoveries concerning the interaction between tumour viruses and the genetic material of the cell.
22. **Renato Dulbecco** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1975. For their discoveries concerning the interaction between tumour viruses and the genetic material of the cell.
23. **Baruch Samuel Blumberg** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1976. For their discoveries concerning new mechanisms for the origin and dissemination of infectious diseases.
24. **Andrew V. Schally** (0 · ▲2 ▼2) — 1977. For their discoveries concerning the peptide hormone production of the brain.
25. **Werner Arber** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 1978. For the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to problems of molecular genetics.

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