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The Nobel Assembly at
Karolinska Institutet

The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet awards the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. As described in Alfred Nobel’s will, the Prize is dedicated to “the person who shall have made the most important discovery within the domain of physiology or medicine”.

Research Lecture at Nobel Forum

Research Lecture at Nobel Forum by Charles Swanton Date: September 17th 2026, 1 pm Cancer Promotion and Preventing Pathologies of Ageing Professor Charles Swanton, Deputy Clinical Director at the Francis Crick Institute, London, UK; Chief Clinician at Cancer Research UK
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The History of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded for the first time in 1901. The prize is one of five mentioned in the will of Alfred Nobel who died on December 10, 1896.

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About the Nobel Prize organisation

For more information about all Nobel Laureates and the Nobel Foundation please visit nobelprize.org.

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