Every Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 2020–2025
The top 3 according to 13 votes from people: Harvey J. Alter (2020) · Michael Houghton (2020) · Charles M. Rice (2020). (Updated Sep 13, 2026.)
From hepatitis C to the pandemic's mRNA vaccines, from the Neanderthal genome to microRNAs and regulatory T cells: the 13 scientists who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in the 2020s, with the citation of the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institutet.
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Top 13
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Harvey J. Alter (2020)
United States. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2020 for the discovery of hepatitis C virus.
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Michael Houghton (2020)
United Kingdom. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2020 for the discovery of hepatitis C virus.
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3
Charles M. Rice (2020)
United States. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2020 for the discovery of hepatitis C virus.
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David Julius (2021)
United States. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2021 for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch. Used capsaicin, from chilli peppers, to find the heat receptor.
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Ardem Patapoutian (2021)
United States (born in Lebanon). Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2021 for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch.
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6
Svante Pääbo (2022)
Sweden. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2022 for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution. Sequenced the Neanderthal genome; son of fellow laureate Sune Bergström.
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7
Katalin Karikó (2023)
Hungary/United States. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023 for discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.
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8
Drew Weissman (2023)
United States. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023 for discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.
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9
Victor Ambros (2024)
United States. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2024 for the discovery of microRNA and its role in gene regulation.
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Gary Ruvkun (2024)
United States. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2024 for the discovery of microRNA and its role in gene regulation.
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Mary E. Brunkow (2025)
United States. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025 for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.
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12
Fred Ramsdell (2025)
United States. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025 for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.
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13
Shimon Sakaguchi (2025)
Japan. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025 for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.
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