Nobel Prize in Medicine

Harvey Alter (USA, left), Michael Houghton (UK, centre) and Charles Rice (USA, right) share the Nobel Prize for their discovery of the virus Hepatitis C, which causes cirrhosis and liver cancer

111 Nobel Prizes in Medicine awarded from 1901 to 2020

32 Age of youngest laureate, Frederick G. Banting, awarded in 1923 for discovery of insulin

12 Women awarded Medicine Prize to date

87 Age of oldest laureate, Peyton Rous, awarded in 1966 for discovery of tumour-inducing viruses


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