The Nobel Prize week is kicking off in Stockholm with the medicine award
Summary
The Nobel Prize week starts in Stockholm with the medicine prize awarded at the Karolinska Institute. The prizes will continue throughout the week with awards in physics, chemistry, literature, peace, and economics.Key Facts
- The medicine prize is the first Nobel Prize awarded this year.
- Last year's medicine prize went to three scientists for their discovery about the immune system’s way of preventing it from attacking the body.
- Their discoveries help understand autoimmune diseases like Type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and lupus.
- The physics prize will be awarded on Tuesday, chemistry on Wednesday, literature on Thursday, peace on Friday, and economics on October 12.
- The prize money totals 12 million Swedish kronor (about $1.2 million), split among winners if there is more than one.
- The Karolinska Institute in Stockholm is the location for the medicine prize ceremony.
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