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Among the strongest contenders believed by numerous medical institutes were the following medical researchers and physiologists:
Nominee | Country | Motivation | Institute(s) |
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Katalin Karikó (b. 1955) |
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"for developing modified RNA technology which enabled rapid production of effective COVID-19 vaccines." [1] [2] |
BioNTech University of Pennsylvania |
Drew Weissman (b. 1958) |
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University of Pennsylvania | |
Uğur Şahin (b. 1965) |
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"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) |
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Mary-Claire King (b. 1946) |
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"for the discovery of BRCA1, the genetic mutation responsible for the heritability of breast cancer." [2] | University of Washington |
Max Dale Cooper (b. 1933) |
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"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) |
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Walter and Eliza Hall Institute | |
David Baulcombe (b. 1952) |
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"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) |
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"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) |
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Salk Institute for Biological Studies | |
Leroy Hood (b. 1938) |
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"for developing ground-breaking scientific instruments in the advancement of DNA sequencing and synthesis." [4] |
Caltech University of Washington |
Adrian Bird (b. 1947) |
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"for their discoveries of how genes are turned on and of by modifications to our DNA." [5] | University of Edinburgh |
Howard Cedar (b. 1943) |
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Hebrew University of Jerusalem | |
Daniel J. Klionsky (b. 1958) |
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"for describing how cells break down and reabsorb their worn-out machinery." [5] | University of Michigan |
Noboru Mizushima (b. 1966) |
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University of Tokyo | |
Dennis Slamon (b. 1948) |
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"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) |
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"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) |
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"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) |
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Osaka University | |
Karl Johnson (b. 1929) |
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"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) |
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Korea University |
JB Hoang Tam ( talk) 08:33, 14 October 2022 (UTC)
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