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Stockholm 8 2017: US geneti- US biology trio wins cists Jeffrey Hall, and Michael Young for their discover- ies on the internal biologi- cal clock that governs the wake-sleep cycles of most living things. NobelStockholm rhythm of the Medicineday. Hall, 72, Prize S geneticists Jeffrey C. Rosbash, 73, and Young, 68, 8 2016: Yoshinori Hall, Michael Rosbash “were able to peek inside our Ohsumi of Japan for his Uand Michael W. Young were biological clock and elucidate work on -- a awarded the Nobel Medicine its inner workings,” said the process whereby cells Prize Monday for shedding Nobel Assembly. “eat themselves” -- which light on the internal biological The clock influences when disrupted can cause clock that governs the wake- such biological functions as Parkinson’s and diabetes. sleep cycles of most living hormone levels, sleep, body things. temperature and metabolism. 8 2015: William “Their discoveries It is what causes jetlag -- Campbell (US citizen born explain how plants, animals when our internal clock and in Ireland) and Satoshi and humans adapt their external environment move Omura (Japan), biological rhythm so that it out of sync when we change This handout photograph released by the Chinese University of Hong Kong (China) for unlocking treat- is synchronised with the time zones. (CUHK) shows US geneticists (L-R) Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash, and ments for malaria and Earth’s revolutions,” the Nobel Using the fruit fly as a model Michael W. Young during a lecture at Shaw College of the CUHK in Hong Kong. roundworm. Assembly announced. organism, this year’s laureates Life on Earth is adapted to isolated a gene that controls 8 2014: John O’Keefe the rotation of our planet. For the daily biological rhythm. team said. clockwork inside the cell.” of Japan won the prestigious (Britain, US), Edvard I. many years, scientists have “They showed that this “Subsequently they The trio will share the prize prize for his work on Moser and May-Britt Moser known that living organisms, gene encodes a protein that identified additional protein sum of nine million Swedish autophagy -- a process whereby (Norway) for discovering including humans, have an accumulates in the cell during components of this machinery, kronor (about $1.1 million or cells “eat themselves”, which how the brain navigates internal clock that help them the night and is then degraded exposing the mechanism 937,000 euros). when disrupted can cause with an “inner GPS”. anticipate and adapt to the during the day,” the Nobel governing the self-sustaining Last year, Parkinson’s and diabetes. 8 2013: Thomas C. Suedhof (US citizen born in Germany), James E. Literature Prize on Thursday Rothman and Randy W. Stockholm also didn’t comment on his reading in public. Schekman (US) for work on he Swedish Academy win for several weeks and Speculation is therefore how the cell organises its will announce the Nobel snubbed the formal prize always rampant about transport system. LiteratureT Prize laureate on ceremony in Stockholm in possible winners, and Thursday, it said, turning December. the same names make the 8 2012: Shinya the page on last year’s shock The choice sparked the rumour mill year after year. Yamanaka (Japan) and pick of which type of publicity the discreet Among them are Italy’s John B. Gurdon (Britain) for divided the literary world. Academy is normally keen Claudio Magris, Kenya’s discoveries showing how “The Swedish Academy to avoid. Ngugi wa Thiong’o, adult cells can be trans- has decided to announce the “We shouldn’t expect Canadian author Margaret formed back into stem Scientists Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael Young anything sensational” this Atwood, Syrian poet Adonis, cells. have won the 2017 for Medicine for their discoveries name of this year’s Nobel of molecular mechanisms controlling our biological clocks Literature Prize laureate year, predicted Clemens Philip Roth and Don DeLillo on Thursday, October 5, Poellinger, literary critic of the US, Israel’s Amos 8 2011: MEDICINE PRIZE IN NUMBERS at 1:00 pm” (1100 GMT), for Swedish daily Svenska Oz and David Grossman, (US), Jules Hoffmann Nobel Prizes in Medicine Women awarded Medicine the Academy wrote on its Dagbladet, suggesting the Albania’s Ismail Kadare and (French citizen born in awarded from 1901 to 2016 Prize to date website on Monday. Academy will make a more Haruki Murakami of Japan. Luxembourg) and Ralph Age of youngest laureate, Age of oldest laureate, The announcement will conservative choice. A newcomer dominating Steinman (Canada) for work Frederick Peyton Rous, enable the 18 Academy The Academy is known the buzz this year is Chinese on the body’s immune sys- G. Banting, awarded tem. awarded in in 1966 for members to draw a line for its cloak-and-dagger novelist Yan Lianke. 1923 for discovery of under the Dylan debacle. methods to prevent The prize comes with discovery tumour-inducing Not only was he the first any leaks, resorting to nine million Swedish kronor 8 2010: Robert G. of insulin viruses singer songwriter to win codenames for authors (around $1.1 million or Edwards (Britain) for the the prestigious award, he and fake book covers when 937,000 euros). development of in-vitro Source: Nobelprize.org Pictures: Getty Images, Library and Archives of Canada © GRAPHIC NEWS fertilisation. 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