Stockholm, October 3 (US): The winner or laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine will be announced on Monday at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden.
Among the researchers honored this year are those who played an instrumental role in developing the mRNA technology that went into COVID-19 vaccines, which has saved millions of lives worldwide, the Associated Press reported.
Last year’s winners were David Julius and Erdem Patbutian for their discoveries about how the human body perceives temperature and touch.
The Medicine Prize kicks off a week from the announcement of the Nobel Prize. Tuesday continues with the Physics Prize, Chemistry on Wednesday and Literature on Thursday.
The 2022 Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on Friday and the Economics Prize on October 10.
The prizes carry a cash prize of 10 million Swedish kronor (approximately $900,000) and will be awarded on December 10. The money comes from a will left by the prize’s creator, Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel, who died in 1895.
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