Alfred Nobel had an active interest in medical research. Through Karolinska Institutet, he came into contact with Swedish physiologist Jöns Johansson around 1890. Johansson worked in Nobel’s laboratory in Sevran, France during a brief period the same year. Physiology or medicine was the third prize area Nobel mentioned in his will, as followed:
(Excerpt from the will of Alfred Nobel)
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded by the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Prize motivation: "for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability"
Prize motivation: "for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability"
Prize motivation: "for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability"