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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has announced that the Nobel Prize for
2015. At the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden, on 10
December, presentation speeches extoll the Nobel Laureates and their
discovery or work, after which His Majesty the King of Sweden hands each
Laureate a diploma and a medal. The event is followed by the Nobel Banquet,
with 1,300 guests, held at the Blue Hall of the Stockholm City Hall since 1934.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015 was divided, one half jointly
to William C. Campbell of Ireland and Satoshi Omura of Japan "for their
discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by
roundworm parasites" and the other half to Youyou Tu "for her discoveries
concerning a novel therapy against Malaria".
The Nobel Peace Prize 2015 was awarded to National Dialogue Quartet "for
its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in
the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011".
Category
Physiology
or
Medicine
Physics
Chemistry
Winners
1.William C. Campell
2. Santoshi Omura
3. Youyou Tu
1. Takaaki Kajita
2. Arthur B. McDonald
1. Tomas Lindahl
2. Paul Modrich
3. Aziz Sancar
Countries
1. US
2. Japan
3. China
1. Japan
2. Canada
1. Swedan
2. US
3. Turkey
Literature
Svetlana Alexievich
Belarus
Peace
National Dialogue Quartet Tunisia
Economic Sciences Angus Deaton
United Kingdom