Three scientists awarded Nobel Prize in Medicine for research on cells

Three scientists awarded Nobel Prize in Medicine for research on cells

Three scientists – two from the United States and one from the United Kingdom – were jointly awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their “for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability.”

The award was announced on Monday by the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden.

In a statement, the Nobel Assembly said that William G Kaelin Jr and Gregg L Semenza, both US-born, will share the honour with Britain-born Sir Peter J Ratcliffe.

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