The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded 109 times to 216 Nobel Laureates between 1901 and 2018. Here’s a list for the last 10 years.
2017
Jeffrey C Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W Young
For discovering molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm
2016
William C Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura
For discovering a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites and Youyou Tu For discovering a novel therapy against malaria
2014
John O’Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard I Moser
For discovering cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain
2013
James E Rothman, Randy W Schekman and Thomas C Südhof
For discovering machinery regulating vesicle traffic, a major transport system in our cells
2012
Sir John B Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka
For discovering that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent
2011
Bruce A Beutler and Jules A Hoffmann
For discovering the activation of innate immunity and Ralph M Steinman For discovering the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity
2010
Robert G Edwards
For discovering the development of in vitro fertilization
2009
Elizabeth H Blackburn, Carol W Greider, and Jack W Szostak
For discovering how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase
2008
Harald Zur Hausen
For discovering that human papillomaviruses cause cervical cancer and Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier For discovering human immunodeficiency