Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureates of the 1990s
The top 3 according to 74 votes from people: Joseph E. Murray · Edwin G. Krebs · Edmond H. Fischer. (Updated Jan 10, 2022.)
Every Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate between 1990 and 1999, with the year and the Nobel Foundation's official citation. Which discovery do you think mattered most?
Top 20
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Joseph E. Murray
1990. For their discoveries concerning organ and cell transplantation in the treatment of human disease.
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Edwin G. Krebs
1992. For their discoveries concerning reversible protein phosphorylation as a biological regulatory mechanism.
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Edmond H. Fischer
1992. For their discoveries concerning reversible protein phosphorylation as a biological regulatory mechanism.
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Eric F. Wieschaus
1995. For their discoveries concerning the genetic control of early embryonic development.
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Erwin Neher
1991. For their discoveries concerning the function of single ion channels in cells.
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Bert Sakmann
1991. For their discoveries concerning the function of single ion channels in cells.
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E. Donnall Thomas
1990. For their discoveries concerning organ and cell transplantation in the treatment of human disease.
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Richard J. Roberts
1993. For their discoveries of split genes.
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Rolf M. Zinkernagel
1996. For their discoveries concerning the specificity of the cell mediated immune defence.
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Edward B. Lewis
1995. For their discoveries concerning the genetic control of early embryonic development.
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Phillip A. Sharp
1993. For their discoveries of split genes.
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Alfred G. Gilman
1994. For their discovery of G-proteins and the role of these proteins in signal transduction in cells.
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Peter C. Doherty
1996. For their discoveries concerning the specificity of the cell mediated immune defence.
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Stanley B. Prusiner
1997. For his discovery of Prions - a new biological principle of infection.
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Günter Blobel
1999. For the discovery that proteins have intrinsic signals that govern their transport and localization in the cell.
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Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
1995. For their discoveries concerning the genetic control of early embryonic development.
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Robert F. Furchgott
1998. For their discoveries concerning nitric oxide as a signalling molecule in the cardiovascular system.
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Louis J. Ignarro
1998. For their discoveries concerning nitric oxide as a signalling molecule in the cardiovascular system.
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Ferid Murad
1998. For their discoveries concerning nitric oxide as a signalling molecule in the cardiovascular system.
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Martin Rodbell
1994. For their discovery of G-proteins and the role of these proteins in signal transduction in cells.
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Comments (8)
Joseph Murray, the first kidney transplant.
Blobel donated his prize money to rebuild Dresden's Frauenkirche.
Neher and Sakmann, the patch clamp.
Gilman and Rodbell, G proteins.
Prusiner and prions, everyone thought he was crazy.
Nüsslein-Volhard and the fruit fly genes, beautiful work.
Nitric oxide and the cardiovascular system, Furchgott, Ignarro and Murad.
Doherty and Zinkernagel, T-cell recognition.