Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureates of the 1970s
The top 3 according to 123 votes from people: Ulf von Euler · Bernard Katz · Konrad Lorenz. (Updated Jul 4, 2020.)
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?
Top 25
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Ulf von Euler
1970. For their discoveries concerning the humoral transmitters in the nerve terminals and the mechanism for their storage, release and inactivation.
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Bernard Katz
1970. For their discoveries concerning the humoral transmitters in the nerve terminals and the mechanism for their storage, release and inactivation.
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Konrad Lorenz
1973. For their discoveries concerning organization and elicitation of individual and social behaviour patterns.
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Earl W. Sutherland Jr.
1971. For his discoveries concerning the mechanisms of the action of hormones.
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Rodney R. Porter
1972. For their discoveries concerning the chemical structure of antibodies.
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Karl von Frisch
1973. For their discoveries concerning organization and elicitation of individual and social behaviour patterns.
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Howard Martin Temin
1975. For their discoveries concerning the interaction between tumour viruses and the genetic material of the cell.
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Julius Axelrod
1970. For their discoveries concerning the humoral transmitters in the nerve terminals and the mechanism for their storage, release and inactivation.
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Gerald M. Edelman
1972. For their discoveries concerning the chemical structure of antibodies.
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George E. Palade
1974. For their discoveries concerning the structural and functional organization of the cell.
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Albert Claude
1974. For their discoveries concerning the structural and functional organization of the cell.
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D. Carleton Gajdusek
1976. For their discoveries concerning new mechanisms for the origin and dissemination of infectious diseases.
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Roger Guillemin
1977. For their discoveries concerning the peptide hormone production of the brain.
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Rosalyn Yalow
1977. For the development of radioimmunoassays of peptide hormones.
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Nikolaas Tinbergen
1973. For their discoveries concerning organization and elicitation of individual and social behaviour patterns.
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Christian de Duve
1974. For their discoveries concerning the structural and functional organization of the cell.
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Daniel Nathans
1978. For the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to problems of molecular genetics.
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Hamilton O. Smith
1978. For the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to problems of molecular genetics.
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Allan M. Cormack
1979. For the development of computer assisted tomography.
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Godfrey N. Hounsfield
1979. For the development of computer assisted tomography.
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David Baltimore
1975. For their discoveries concerning the interaction between tumour viruses and the genetic material of the cell.
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Renato Dulbecco
1975. For their discoveries concerning the interaction between tumour viruses and the genetic material of the cell.
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Baruch Samuel Blumberg
1976. For their discoveries concerning new mechanisms for the origin and dissemination of infectious diseases.
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Andrew V. Schally
1977. For their discoveries concerning the peptide hormone production of the brain.
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Werner Arber
1978. For the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to problems of molecular genetics.
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Comments (31)
Nathans and Smith with restriction enzymes = the start of genetic engineering.
Tinbergen's four questions are still taught in every animal behaviour class.
Baltimore, Dulbecco and Temin, reverse transcriptase.
Arber, Nathans and Smith, restriction enzymes.
Imprinting experiments with geese following Lorenz around, iconic photos.
Iconic photos of a guy who did eugenics propaganda, just saying.
Axelrod, Katz and von Euler on neurotransmitters, every antidepressant traces back to this.
The 70s were the decade molecular biology took over medicine.
Dulbecco later pushed for the Human Genome Project, underrated visionary.
Von Frisch decoding the bee waggle dance is one of the most beautiful discoveries ever.
Great list for revising for my biology exam, thanks.
Konrad Lorenz getting a Nobel is uncomfortable when you read about his Nazi party membership.
Separate the work from the man? The imprinting research changed biology.
He was a party member and wrote some awful things in the 40s. The science is real but so is that history.
Easy to say 'separate the work' when it's not your group he wrote about.
The prize was for ethology, not for his politics. Both things can be discussed honestly.
Baltimore and Temin, reverse transcriptase, without that no HIV research later.
Hounsfield had no university degree and won a Nobel in Medicine. Legend.
Von Frisch, Lorenz and Tinbergen, ethology finally recognised.
Palade, Claude and de Duve basically gave us the inside of the cell.
Edelman and Porter, the structure of antibodies, huge.
Blumberg found the hepatitis B antigen in Aboriginal blood samples, fascinating story.
Sutherland discovering cyclic AMP alone, impressive.
Blumberg and hepatitis B.
CT scan by Cormack and Hounsfield, an engineer!
This comment section went dark fast 😅
Good, history should be discussed, not hidden.
Where's Rosalyn Yalow? She won in 1977!
She's in the full list, this one shows only the first 15 names.
Fair, but putting the ethologists in the top 10 and Yalow outside feels off.
Great decade.