2018 Nobel Prize in Medicine Current Affairs, GK & News
Svante Pääbo receives Nobel Prize in Medicine
Svante Pääbo was conferred the Nobel Prize in Medicine on October 3, 2022. Key facts Svante Pääbo received the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his pioneering works in the field of paleogenomics – a branch of science dealing with the reconstruction and analysis of genomic information obtained extinct species. The most notable achievements of this ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2022
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News • Persons in News • Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: 2018 Nobel Prize in Medicine • Genetics • Genome • Genome Sequencing • Human genome • Neanderthal • Nobel Prize • Persons in News
James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo awarded 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was jointly awarded to two immunologists James P. Allison (US) and Tasuku Honjo (Japan) for their discovery of Immune checkpoint therapy i.e. cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation. It was announced by Nobel Assembly at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute. Significance of their discovery Both immunologists had ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2018
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: 2018 Nobel Prize in Medicine • Awards • Cancer • Diseases • Immune checkpoint therapy • James Allison • Public health • Tasuku Honjo