Nobel Prize for Medicine

The system of restraints and brakes of the immune system. © The Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine. Ill. Mattias Karlén

Nobel Prize in Medicine 2025: Discovery of the brakes on the immune system

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The mechanism of the flow of genetic information from the DNA molecule to microRNA molecules and from there to proteins. The identical genetic information is stored in the DNA of all cells in our body. This situation requires precise regulation of gene activity so that only the correct set of genes is active in each type of cell. Courtesy of the Nobel Prize Committee

Gary Rubcon and Victor Ambrose won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Medicine for the discovery of microRNA and its effect on gene regulation (extension)

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The two scientists were recognized for their contribution to the understanding of genetic regulatory mechanisms through the discovery of microRNAs - tiny RNA molecules that play an essential role in the processes of development and function in cells
mRNA. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to Victor Ambrose and Gary Rubcon, for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation

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Figure 1. Methods for vaccine production before the corona epidemic. (Courtesy of the Committee for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine): Use of a weakened or inactive virus and a recombinant protein (the virus) that is transferred to the body via a viral vector and activates the immune system. Courtesy of the Nobel Prize Committee

Nobel Prize in Medicine 2023 for the pioneers in the field of mRNA who accelerated the vaccines for Corona

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Kariko and Weissman immediately realized that their discovery was of enormous significance for the possible use of messenger RNA in medicine. These important findings were published in 2005, 15 years before the outbreak of the Corona epidemic.
2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine winners Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman. Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach

Nobel Prize in Medicine for discovering mRNA applications for corona vaccines

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The two, Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman, were informed about a month ago that they had won the HARVEI Award at the Technion
Explanation of the discovery of the hepatitis C virus. Image: Nobel Prize Committee

The discoverers of the hepatitis C virus won the Nobel Prize for Medicine

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The winners are: Harvey Alter from the USA, Mike Houghton from the UK and Charles Rice from the USA
Figure 2 The oxygen-sensing mechanism for which this year's Nobel laureates won is of fundamental importance in physiology, for example, for our metabolism and immune system and for our ability to exercise at variable vigorous levels. Many pathological processes are also affected by this mechanism. Today, many researchers are focusing on developing new drugs that can inhibit or activate the oxygen sensing mechanism, with the aim of improving treatments for anemia, cancer and other diseases. Illustration: Nobel Prize Committee for Medicine

Three researchers who studied how cells sense oxygen levels have won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Medicine

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Nobel Prize for Medicine 2018: Harnessing the immune system to fight cancer

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2018 Nobel Laureate in Medicine, Tsuko Honjo, surrounded by his research team in his laboratory at the University of Tokyo, just after the announcement of his 2018 Nobel Prize in Medicine. From his Twitter account

The 2018 Nobel Prize in Medicine for the discovery of the ability to use the immune system to fight cancerous tumors, including James Ellison - winner of the Wolf Prize

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The announcement of the winners of the Nobel Prize in Medicine for 2017, the discoverers of the molecular mechanism behind the biological clock. Illustration: Nobel Prize Committee

Nobel prize for medicine for the discovery of the molecular mechanisms underlying the biological clock

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Yoshinori Osumi. 2016 Nobel Laureate in Medicine. Photo by University of Tokyo PR

Winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Medicine: discovers the mechanism of cell recycling in the body

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Drug developers against malaria, river blindness and elephantiasis won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Medicine. Image: Nobel Prize website

Nobel Prize in Medicine for the developers of methods of curing diseases caused by parasites including malaria and river blindness

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drug search. Illustration: shutterstock

Transferring the experiments to the computerized space - a popular explanation of the science of the 2013 Nobel laureates in chemistry

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The transfer of neurotransmitters from one nerve cell to another within the brain, as understood by Thomas Sohoff, one of the winners of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Medicine. From the Nobel Prize website

Labeling packets inside the cell: the Nobel Prize in Medicine for the three discoverers of the cellular transport system

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The recording of the announcement of the winners of the Nobel Prize in Medicine: the discoverers of the intracellular transport system James Rothman, Randy Schakman and Thomas Sudhoff

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Prof. Haim Sider, Hebrew University

Will we finally have a Nobel Prize for medicine? Prof. Haim Sider and Prof. Aharon Razin from the Hebrew University are mentioned as candidates

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Rita Levy-Montalcini is the winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Medicine

The oldest Nobel Prize winner - Rita Levy-Montalcini has died and is 103 years old

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Shinya Yamanaka and John Gordon - the two winners of the Nobel Prize for Medicine for discovering the process used to restore the youth of adult cells.

The Nobel Prize in Medicine: From Hercules' Hydra, to Human Eternal Life

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Prof. Shinya Yamanaka, one of the winners of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Medicine

Turn back the cell clock / Tim Horniak

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Prof. John Gordon, one of the two winners of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Medicine. From Wikipedia

develop heart cells from the patient's skin. This is how Prof. John Gordon, one of the winners of the 2012 Nobel Prize for Medicine, defined the role of induced stem cells

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Induced embryonic stem cell colony Credit: Haruhisa Inoue's Laboratory, CiRA, Kyoto University)

Nobel Prize in Medicine for Induced Stem Cell Developers: John Gordon and Shinia Yamanaka

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Prof. Ralph Steinman, discovers immune cells. Winner of the 2011 Hovel Medicine Award. From the NIH

The Patient Scientist / Catherine Harmon

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Prof. Ralph Steinman, discovers immune cells. Winner of the 2011 Hovel Medicine Award. From the NIH

An embarrassing glitch for the members of the Nobel Prize committee - one of the winners died a few days before the announcement of the win and they were not informed of this

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Prof. Eitan Yaffe Nof - The Hebrew University

"For many, many years there was no Nobel Prize for the field of immunology, certainly not in this field of the innate immune response

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Prof. Ralph Steinman, discovers immune cells. Winner of the 2011 Hovel Medicine Award. From the NIH

Nobel Prize for Medicine for 2011 to three researchers who made discoveries in the immune system

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Injection of sperm into the egg in in vitro fertilization. From Wikipedia

The father of "test tube babies", Prof. Robert Edwards from Great Britain won the Nobel Prize for Medicine

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