# Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureates of the 1980s

Every Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate between 1980 and 1989, with the year and the Nobel Foundation's official citation. Which discovery do you think mattered most?

- 45 votes · 23 items
- Dec 8, 2022 · cientifica_lento
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## Top 23

1. **George D. Snell** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — 1980. For their discoveries concerning genetically determined structures on the cell surface that regulate immunological reactions.
2. **Niels K. Jerne** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — 1984. For theories concerning the specificity in development and control of the immune system and the discovery of the principle for production of monoclonal antibodies.
3. **Jean Dausset** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 1980. For their discoveries concerning genetically determined structures on the cell surface that regulate immunological reactions.
4. **Barbara McClintock** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 1983. For her discovery of mobile genetic elements.
5. **Baruj Benacerraf** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — 1980. For their discoveries concerning genetically determined structures on the cell surface that regulate immunological reactions.
6. **David H. Hubel** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1981. For their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system.
7. **Torsten N. Wiesel** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1981. For their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system.
8. **Georges J. F. Köhler** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1984. For theories concerning the specificity in development and control of the immune system and the discovery of the principle for production of monoclonal antibodies.
9. **Michael S. Brown** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1985. For their discoveries concerning the regulation of cholesterol metabolism.
10. **Rita Levi-Montalcini** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1986. For their discoveries of growth factors.
11. **César Milstein** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — 1984. For theories concerning the specificity in development and control of the immune system and the discovery of the principle for production of monoclonal antibodies.
12. **Roger W. Sperry** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1981. For his discoveries concerning the functional specialization of the cerebral hemispheres.
13. **Sune K. Bergström** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1982. For their discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related biologically active substances.
14. **Bengt I. Samuelsson** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1982. For their discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related biologically active substances.
15. **John R. Vane** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1982. For their discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related biologically active substances.
16. **Susumu Tonegawa** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1987. For his discovery of the genetic principle for generation of antibody diversity.
17. **James W. Black** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1988. For their discoveries of important principles for drug treatment.
18. **Gertrude B. Elion** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1988. For their discoveries of important principles for drug treatment.
19. **George H. Hitchings** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1988. For their discoveries of important principles for drug treatment.
20. **J. Michael Bishop** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1989. For their discovery of the cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes.
21. **Harold E. Varmus** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1989. For their discovery of the cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes.
22. **Stanley Cohen** (-1 · ▲1 ▼2) — 1986. For their discoveries of growth factors.
23. **Joseph L. Goldstein** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — 1985. For their discoveries concerning the regulation of cholesterol metabolism.

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