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Nobel Prize

Japan · Science / Medicine. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

5Records
2012–2025Date range
5Named people
1Places

Chronological records

2012

Shinya Yamanaka2012

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent.

2015

Satoshi Ōmura2015

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries leading to a therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites.

2016

Yoshinori Ohsumi2016

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Receives the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy.

2018

Tasuku Honjo2018

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering cancer therapy through inhibition of negative immune regulation.

2025

Shimon Sakaguchi2025

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.

Names involved

Satoshi ŌmuraShimon SakaguchiShinya YamanakaTasuku HonjoYoshinori Ohsumi

Provenance

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