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Possible Nominees

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Possible nominees

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Among the strongest contenders believed by numerous medical institutes were the following medical researchers and physiologists:

Unofficial candidates for the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Nominee Country Motivation Institute(s)
Katalin Karikó
(b. 1955) 		 Hungary
 United States 		"for developing modified RNA technology which enabled rapid production of effective COVID-19 vaccines."[1][2] BioNTech
University of Pennsylvania
Drew Weissman
(b. 1958) 		 United States University of Pennsylvania
Uğur Şahin
(b. 1965) 		 Germany "for the development of RNA vaccines to induce antigen-specific tolerance in autoimmune diseases and against the COVID-19 virus."[3] BioNTech
Özlem Türeci
(b. 1967) 		 Germany
Mary-Claire King
(b. 1946) 		 United States "for the discovery of BRCA1, the genetic mutation responsible for the heritability of breast cancer."[2] University of Washington
Max Dale Cooper
(b. 1933) 		 United States "for the discovery of the two-pronged organization of the immune system and identification of T cells and B cells."[2][4] Emory University School of Medicine
Jacques Miller
(b. 1931) 		 United States Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
David Baulcombe
(b. 1952) 		 United Kingdom "for the discovery of the small interfering RNA that is the specificity determinant in RNA-mediated gene silencing."[4] University of Cambridge
Pierre Chambon
(b. 1931) 		 France "for the discovery of the nuclear hormone receptor for retinoic acid, a molecule which plays a crucial role in embryonic development and metabolism."[4] Institute for Genetics and Cellular and Molecular Biology
Ronald M. Evans
(b. 1949) 		 United States Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Leroy Hood
(b. 1938) 		 United States "for developing ground-breaking scientific instruments in the advancement of DNA sequencing and synthesis."[4] Caltech
University of Washington
Adrian Bird
(b. 1947) 		 United Kingdom "for their discoveries of how genes are turned on and of by modifications to our DNA."[5] University of Edinburgh
Howard Cedar
(b. 1943) 		 Israel Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Daniel J. Klionsky
(b. 1958) 		 United States "for describing how cells break down and reabsorb their worn-out machinery."[5] University of Michigan
Noboru Mizushima
(b. 1966) 		 Japan University of Tokyo
Dennis Slamon
(b. 1948) 		 United States "for discovering a breast cancer gene called HER2/neu and the treatment to reverse its tumor-growing effects."[5] University of California, Los Angeles
Jean-Pierre Changeux
(b. 1936) 		 France "for his contributions to our understanding of neuroreceptors and especially the identification of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and its allosteric properties."[6] Collège de France
Institut Pasteur
Toshio Hirano
(b. 1947) 		 Japan "for their discovery of interleukin-6, description of its physiological and pathological actions, that has contributed to drug development."[6] Osaka University
Tadamitsu Kishimoto
(b. 1939) 		 Japan Osaka University
Karl Johnson
(b. 1929) 		 United States "for their identification and isolation of the Hantaan virus (hantavirus), agent of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome."[6] University of New Mexico
Ho Wang Lee
(1928–2022) 		 South Korea Korea University

JB Hoang Tam (talk) 08:33, 14 October 2022 (UTC) [reply]

References

  1. ^ Johan Ahlander (1 October 2021). "Nobel Medicine Prize for COVID-19 vaccine? It may be too soon". Reuters. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Abigail Malate (1 October 2021). "Nine Nobel Prize Predictions for 2021". Inside Science. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  3. ^ Tim Stickings (3 October 2021). "A matter of time as BioNTech scientists wait for Nobel Prize". thenationalnews.com. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d "50 People Who Deserve a Nobel Prize". thebestschools.org. 7 September 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  5. ^ a b c "These Scientists Could Win A Nobel Prize This Year". Business Insider. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  6. ^ a b c "Clarivate Unveils Citation Laureates 2021 - Annual List of Researchers of Nobel Class". Clarivate. 22 September 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
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