Prix Wolf de médecine
Lauréats juifs du Prix Wolf de médecine répertoriés dans l'annuaire ThankJews. Les Juifs représentent environ 41 % de l'ensemble des lauréats — alors qu'ils constituent à peu près 0,2 % de la population mondiale.
25 lauréats répertoriés
César Milstein1927
A reçu le 1984 prix Nobel for developing the technique to produce monoclonal antibodies.
Source : Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
Leo Sachs1924
Généticien who elucidated blood-cell differentiation and pioneered prenatal diagnosis via amniocentesis.
Source : Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
Stanley N. Cohen1935
Généticien who co-invented recombinant DNA technology using plasmids, founding genetic engineering
Source : Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
Solomon Snyder1938
Neuroscientifique who identified opiate receptors in the brain, transforming neuropharmacology.
Source : Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
Meir Wilchek1935
Biochimiste qui a développé avidin-biotin technology, widely used in biological research and diagnostics
Source : Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
Elizabeth Neufeld1928
Biochimiste who elucidated the cellular basis of lysosomal storage diseases.
Source : Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
Seymour Benzer1921
Biologiste moléculaire who mapped the fine structure of the gene and pioneered the genetics of behavior using fruit flies.
Source : Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
Judah Folkman1933
Chirurgien qui a fondé the field of angiogenesis research, opening a new approach to cancer therapy; Gairdner Award in biomedicine
Source : Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
Michael Sela1924
Immunologiste who co-developed Copaxone for multiple sclerosis and pioneered synthetic antigens.
Source : Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
Ruth Arnon1933
Immunologiste who co-developed Copaxone, a leading treatment for multiple sclerosis.
Source : Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
Alexander Levitzki1940
Biochimiste who pioneered signal transduction inhibitors (tyrphostins) as cancer drugs
Source : Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
Robert Weinberg1942
Cancer biologist who isolated the first human oncogene and first tumor-suppressor gene.
Source : Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
Howard Cedar1943
Biologiste moléculaire who elucidated the role of DNA methylation in gene regulation
Source : Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
Aharon Razin1935
Biochimiste who helped establish the role of DNA methylation in gene control
Source : Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
Nahum Sonenberg1946
Biochimiste who elucidated the control of protein synthesis (translation) initiation
Source : Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
Jeffrey Ravetch1951
Immunologiste who elucidated the role of antibody Fc receptors in immunity
Source : Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
C. Ronald Kahn1944
Endocrinologist who elucidated insulin signaling and its role in diabetes
Source : Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
Jeffrey Friedman1954
Molecular geneticist qui a découvert leptin, the hormone that regulates appetite and body weight.
Source : Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
Adrian Krainer2021
A développé the first drug for spinal muscular atrophy (nusinersen); Prix Wolf in Medicine (2021)
Source : Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Wolf Prize (Medicine)
Daniel Drucker1956
Endocrinologist whose GLP-1 research underlies modern diabetes and obesity drugs.
Source : Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
José-Alain Sahel1955
Ophthalmologist advancing treatments for blindness, including optogenetic vision restoration
Source : Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
Eric Kandel2000
Showed in the sea snail Aplysia how learning changes synapses and how short- and long-term memories are stored; Prix Nobel de physiologie ou médecine 2000
Source : Wikipedia — Eric Kandel / NobelPrize.org Medicine 2000
Avram Hershko2004
Découverte de la dégradation des protéines par l'ubiquitine
Source : Jinfo.org / Nobel Prize Chemistry 2004
Gary Ruvkun1952
Biologiste moléculaire who, with Victor Ambros, a découvert microRNA and its role in gene regulation, and showed in 2000 that the second microRNA, let-7, is conserved across animals; Prix Nobel de…
Source : Wikipedia — Gary Ruvkun / NobelPrize.org Medicine 2024
Charles Zuker2026
Neurobiologist who identified the cells and receptors of the five basic tastes and how taste is represented in the brain; Prix Wolf in Medicine 2026
Source : Wikipedia — Charles Zuker