2019 Medicine Laureates
- William G. Kaelin Jr (USA)
- Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe (United Kingdom)
- Gregg L. Semenza (USA)
“for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability.”
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2019
- The 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded jointly to William G. Kaelin Jr, Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza “for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability.”
- They identified molecular machinery that regulates the activity of genes in response to varying levels of oxygen.
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| Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2019 |
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2019
- Born: 1957, New York, NY, USA
- Affiliation at the time of the award: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD, USA
- Prize motivation: "for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability."
- Prize share: 1/3
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2019
- Born: 1954, Lancashire, United Kingdom
- Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom
- Prize motivation: "for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability.
- Prize share: 1/3
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2019
- Born: 1956, New York, NY, USA
- Affiliation at the time of the award: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Prize motivation: "for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability.
- Prize share: 1/3