William G. Kaelin Jr., the Sidney Farber Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, is one of three winners of the 2019 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for discovering how cells sense and adapt to changes in oxygen availability, a process critical for survival.

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was jointly awarded to three scientists — William G. Kaelin Jr., Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza — for the The Nobel Assembly announced the prize at the … Chemistry laureate M. Stanley Whittingham gives his speech during the Nobel banquet at Stockholm City Hall, in Stockholm. 22 / 33. A Harvard doctor is one in trio of scientists awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine.

Physiology or Medicine laureate William G. Kaelin Jr, receives the prize from King Carl Gustaf of Sweden, during the Nobel Prize award ceremony, at the Stockholm Concert Hall, in Stockholm. Physician-scientist Gregg Semenza received the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering how the body's cells sense and react to low oxygen levels. Born: 14 May 1954, Lancashire, United Kingdom Gregg L. Semenza Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2019. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was jointly awarded to three scientists — William G. Kaelin Jr., Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza — for their work on how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability. (Image: AP) X.
Semenza shares the award with William G. Kaelin Jr., of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Peter J. Ratcliffe of Oxford University. What they discovered is amazing. This discovery may lead to treatments for diseases such as cancer, diabetes and heart disease.