Nobel Prize in Medicine

Svante Pääbo (SWE), has been awarded the Nobel Prize for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution


113 Nobel Prizes in Medicine awarded from 1901 to 2022


225 Number of laureates to date 

12 Women awarded Medicine Prize

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

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


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