Nagroda Wolfa w dziedzinie medycyny
Żydowscy laureaci nagrody „Nagroda Wolfa w dziedzinie medycyny” udokumentowani w katalogu ThankJews. Żydzi stanowią około 41% wszystkich laureatów — przy około 0,2% udziału w ludności świata.
24 udokumentowanych laureatów
César Milstein1927
Awarded the 1984 Nobel Prize for developing the technique to produce monoclonal antibodies.
Źródło: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
Leo Sachs1924
Geneticist who elucidated blood-cell differentiation and pioneered prenatal diagnosis via amniocentesis.
Źródło: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
Stanley N. Cohen1935
Geneticist who co-invented recombinant DNA technology using plasmids, founding genetic engineering
Źródło: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
Solomon Snyder1938
Neuroscientist who identified opiate receptors in the brain, transforming neuropharmacology.
Źródło: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
Meir Wilchek1935
Biochemist who developed avidin-biotin technology, widely used in biological research and diagnostics
Źródło: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
Elizabeth Neufeld1928
Biochemist who elucidated the cellular basis of lysosomal storage diseases.
Źródło: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
Seymour Benzer1921
Molecular biologist who mapped the fine structure of the gene and pioneered the genetics of behavior using fruit flies.
Źródło: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
Judah Folkman1933
Surgeon who founded the field of angiogenesis research, opening a new approach to cancer therapy; Gairdner Award in biomedicine
Źródło: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
Michael Sela1924
Immunologist who co-developed Copaxone for multiple sclerosis and pioneered synthetic antigens.
Źródło: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
Ruth Arnon1933
Immunologist who co-developed Copaxone, a leading treatment for multiple sclerosis.
Źródło: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
Alexander Levitzki1940
Biochemist who pioneered signal transduction inhibitors (tyrphostins) as cancer drugs
Źródło: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
Robert Weinberg1942
Cancer biologist who isolated the first human oncogene and first tumor-suppressor gene.
Źródło: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
Howard Cedar1943
Molecular biologist who elucidated the role of DNA methylation in gene regulation
Źródło: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
Aharon Razin1935
Biochemist who helped establish the role of DNA methylation in gene control
Źródło: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
Nahum Sonenberg1946
Biochemist who elucidated the control of protein synthesis (translation) initiation
Źródło: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
Jeffrey Ravetch1951
Immunologist who elucidated the role of antibody Fc receptors in immunity
Źródło: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
C. Ronald Kahn1944
Endocrinologist who elucidated insulin signaling and its role in diabetes
Źródło: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
Jeffrey Friedman1954
Molecular geneticist who discovered leptin, the hormone that regulates appetite and body weight.
Źródło: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
Adrian Krainer2021
Developed the first drug for spinal muscular atrophy (nusinersen); Wolf Prize in Medicine (2021)
Źródło: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Wolf Prize (Medicine)
Daniel Drucker1956
Endocrinologist whose GLP-1 research underlies modern diabetes and obesity drugs.
Źródło: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
José-Alain Sahel1955
Ophthalmologist advancing treatments for blindness, including optogenetic vision restoration
Źródło: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
Eric Kandel2000
Signal transduction in the nervous system underlying memory
Źródło: Jinfo.org / Nobel Prize Medicine 2000
Avram Hershko2004
Discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation
Źródło: Jinfo.org / Nobel Prize Chemistry 2004
Gary Ruvkun1952
Awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize for the discovery of microRNA and its role in gene regulation.
Źródło: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology