Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureates of the 1980s
The top 3 according to 45 votes from people: George D. Snell · Niels K. Jerne · Jean Dausset. (Updated Dec 8, 2022.)
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?
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Top 23
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George D. Snell
1980. For their discoveries concerning genetically determined structures on the cell surface that regulate immunological reactions.
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Niels K. Jerne
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.
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Jean Dausset
1980. For their discoveries concerning genetically determined structures on the cell surface that regulate immunological reactions.
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Barbara McClintock
1983. For her discovery of mobile genetic elements.
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Baruj Benacerraf
1980. For their discoveries concerning genetically determined structures on the cell surface that regulate immunological reactions.
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David H. Hubel
1981. For their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system.
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Torsten N. Wiesel
1981. For their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system.
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Georges J. F. Köhler
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.
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Michael S. Brown
1985. For their discoveries concerning the regulation of cholesterol metabolism.
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Rita Levi-Montalcini
1986. For their discoveries of growth factors.
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César Milstein
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.
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Roger W. Sperry
1981. For his discoveries concerning the functional specialization of the cerebral hemispheres.
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Sune K. Bergström
1982. For their discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related biologically active substances.
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Bengt I. Samuelsson
1982. For their discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related biologically active substances.
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John R. Vane
1982. For their discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related biologically active substances.
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Susumu Tonegawa
1987. For his discovery of the genetic principle for generation of antibody diversity.
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James W. Black
1988. For their discoveries of important principles for drug treatment.
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Gertrude B. Elion
1988. For their discoveries of important principles for drug treatment.
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George H. Hitchings
1988. For their discoveries of important principles for drug treatment.
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J. Michael Bishop
1989. For their discovery of the cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes.
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Harold E. Varmus
1989. For their discovery of the cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes.
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Stanley Cohen
1986. For their discoveries of growth factors.
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Joseph L. Goldstein
1985. For their discoveries concerning the regulation of cholesterol metabolism.
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Comments (2)
César Milstein, los anticuerpos monoclonales, orgullo argentino.
Barbara McClintock, los genes saltarines, tardaron décadas en creerla.