| Year | Image | Laureate[A] | Nationality[B] | Rationale[C] | Ref |
|---|
| 1901 |  | Emil von Behring (1854–1917) | Germany | "for his work onserum therapy, especially its application againstdiphtheria, by which he has opened a new road in the domain of medical science and thereby placed in the hands of the physician a victorious weapon against illness and deaths" | [13] |
| 1902 |  | SirRonald Ross (1857–1932) | United Kingdom | "for his work onmalaria, by which he has shown how it enters the organism and thereby has laid the foundation for successful research on this disease and methods of combating it" | [14] |
| 1903 |  | Niels Ryberg Finsen (1860–1904) | Faroe Islands | "[for] his contribution to the treatment of diseases, especiallylupus vulgaris, with concentrated light radiation, whereby he has opened a new avenue for medical science" | [15] |
| 1904 |  | Ivan Pavlov (1849–1936) | Russia | "in recognition of his work on the physiology ofdigestion, through which knowledge on vital aspects of the subject has been transformed and enlarged" | [16] |
| 1905 |  | Robert Koch (1843–1910) | Germany | "for his investigations and discoveries in relation totuberculosis" | [17] |
| 1906 |  | Camillo Golgi (1843–1926) | Italy | "in recognition of their work on the structure of thenervous system" | [18] |
 | Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852–1934) | Spain |
| 1907 |  | Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran (1845–1922) | France | "in recognition of his work on the role played byprotozoa in causing diseases" | [19] |
| 1908 |  | Élie Metchnikoff (1845–1916) | Russia | "in recognition of their work onimmunity" | [20] |
 | Paul Ehrlich (1854–1915) | Germany |
| 1909 |  | Emil Theodor Kocher (1841–1917) | Switzerland | "for his work on the physiology, pathology and surgery of thethyroid gland" | [21] |
| 1910 |  | Albrecht Kossel (1853–1927) | Germany | "in recognition of the contributions to our knowledge ofcell chemistry made through his work onproteins, including thenucleic substances" | [22] |
| 1911 |  | Allvar Gullstrand (1862–1930) | Sweden | "for his work on thedioptrics of theeye" | [23] |
| 1912 |  | Alexis Carrel (1873–1944) | France | "[for] his work on vascularsuture and thetransplantation ofblood vessels andorgans" | [24] |
| 1913 |  | Charles Richet (1850–1935) | France | "[for] his work onanaphylaxis" | [25] |
| 1914 |  | Robert Bárány (1876–1936) | Austria-Hungary | "for his work on the physiology and pathology of thevestibular apparatus" | [8] |
| 1915 | Not awarded |
| 1916 |
| 1917 |
| 1918 |
| 1919 |  | Jules Bordet (1870–1961) | Belgium | "for his discoveries relating toimmunity" | [26] |
| 1920 |  | August Krogh (1874–1949) | Denmark | "for his discovery of the capillary motor regulating mechanism" | [27] |
| 1921 | Not awarded |
| 1922 |  | Archibald Hill (1886–1977) | United Kingdom | "for his discovery relating to the production of heat in themuscle" | [9] |
 | Otto Fritz Meyerhof (1884–1951) | Germany | "for his discovery of the fixed relationship between the consumption ofoxygen and themetabolism oflactic acid in the muscle" | [9] |
| 1923 |  | SirFrederick Banting (1891–1941) | Canada | "for the discovery ofinsulin" | [28] |
 | John Macleod (1876–1935) | United Kingdom |
| 1924 |  | Willem Einthoven (1860–1927) | Netherlands | "for the discovery of the mechanism of theelectrocardiogram" | [29] |
| 1925 | Not awarded |
| 1926 |  | Johannes Fibiger (1867–1928) | Denmark | "for his discovery of theSpiroptera carcinoma" | [10] |
| 1927 |  | Julius Wagner-Jauregg (1857–1940) | Austria | "for his discovery of the therapeutic value ofmalariainoculation in the treatment ofdementia paralytica" | [30] |
| 1928 |  | Charles Nicolle (1866–1936) | France | "for his work ontyphus" | [31] |
| 1929 |  | Christiaan Eijkman (1868–1930) | Netherlands | "for his discovery of the antineuriticvitamin" | [32] |
 | SirFrederick Gowland Hopkins (1861–1947) | United Kingdom | "for his discovery of the growth-stimulatingvitamins" | [32] |
| 1930 |  | Karl Landsteiner (1868–1943) | Austria
United States | "for his discovery of humanblood groups" | [33] |
| 1931 |  | Otto Heinrich Warburg (1883–1970) | Germany | "for his discovery of the nature and mode of action of therespiratory enzyme" | [34] |
| 1932 |  | SirCharles Scott Sherrington (1857–1952) | United Kingdom | "for their discoveries regarding the functions ofneurons" | [35] |
 | Edgar Adrian (1889–1977) |
| 1933 |  | Thomas Hunt Morgan (1866–1945) | United States | "for his discoveries concerning the role played by thechromosome inheredity" | [36] |
| 1934 |  | George Whipple (1878–1976) | United States | "for their discoveries concerningliver therapy in cases ofanaemia" | [37] |
 | George Minot (1885–1950) |
 | William P. Murphy (1892–1987) |
| 1935 |  | Hans Spemann (1869–1941) | Germany | was awarded aNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1935 for his studentHilde Mangold's discovery of the effect now known asembryonic induction, an influence, exercised by various parts of theembryo, that directs the development of groups of cells into particular tissues and organs, the start of artificialcloning of organisms. Spemann added his name as an author to Hilde Mangold's dissertation (although she objected). | [38][39] |
| 1936 |  | SirHenry Hallett Dale (1875–1968) | United Kingdom | "for their discoveries relating tochemical transmission of nerve impulses" | [40] |
 | Otto Loewi (1873–1961) | Germany |
| 1937 |  | Albert Szent-Györgyi (1893–1986) | Hungary | "for his discoveries in connection with thebiological combustion processes, with special reference tovitamin C and the catalysis offumaric acid" | [41] |
| 1938 |  | Corneille Heymans (1892–1968) | Belgium | "for the discovery of the role played by thesinus andaortic mechanisms in the regulation ofrespiration" | [11] |
| 1939 |  | Gerhard Domagk (1895–1964) | Germany | "for the discovery of theantibacterial effects ofprontosil" | [42] |
| 1940 | Not awarded |
| 1941 |
| 1942 |
| 1943 |  | Henrik Dam (1895–1976) | Denmark | "for his discovery ofvitamin K" | [12] |
 | Edward Adelbert Doisy (1893–1986) | United States | "for his discovery of the chemical nature ofvitamin K" | [12] |
| 1944 |  | Joseph Erlanger (1874–1965) | United States | "for their discoveries relating to the highly differentiated functions of singlenerve fibres" | [43] |
 | Herbert Spencer Gasser (1888–1963) |
| 1945 |  | SirAlexander Fleming (1881–1955) | United Kingdom | "for the discovery ofpenicillin and its curative effect in variousinfectious diseases" | [44] |
 | SirErnst Boris Chain (1906–1979) |
 | Howard Walter Florey (1898–1968) | Australia |
| 1946 |  | Hermann Joseph Muller (1890–1967) | United States | "for the discovery of the production ofmutations by means ofX-rayirradiation" | [45] |
| 1947 |  | Carl Ferdinand Cori (1896–1984) | Czechoslovakia
United States | "for their discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion ofglycogen" | [46] |
 | Gerty Theresa Cori, née Radnitz (1896–1957) |
 | Bernardo Alberto Houssay (1887–1971) | Argentina | "for his discovery of the part played by thehormone of theanterior pituitary lobe in the metabolism ofsugar" | [46] |
| 1948 |  | Paul Hermann Müller (1899–1965) | Switzerland | "for his discovery of the high efficiency ofDDT as a contactpoison against several arthropods" | [47] |
| 1949 |  | Walter Rudolf Hess (1881–1973) | Switzerland | "for his discovery of the functional organization of theinterbrain as a coordinator of the activities of the internal organs" | [48] |
 | António Caetano Egas Moniz (1874–1955) | Portugal | "for his discovery of the therapeutic value of leucotomy (lobotomy) in certain psychoses" | [48] |
| 1950 |  | Philip Showalter Hench (1896–1965) | United States | "for their discoveries relating to thehormones of theadrenal cortex, their structure and biological effects" | [49] |
 | Edward Calvin Kendall (1886–1972) |
 | Tadeusz Reichstein (1897–1996) | Poland
Switzerland |
| 1951 |  | Max Theiler (1899–1972) | South Africa
United States | "for his discoveries concerningyellow fever and how to combat it" | [50] |
| 1952 |  | Selman Abraham Waksman (1888–1973) | United States | "for his discovery ofstreptomycin, the firstantibiotic effective againsttuberculosis" | [51] |
| 1953 |  | SirHans Adolf Krebs (1900–1981) | West Germany
United Kingdom | "for his discovery of thecitric acid cycle" | [52] |
 | Fritz Albert Lipmann (1899–1986) | United States | "for his discovery ofco-enzyme A and its importance for intermediary metabolism" | [52] |
| 1954 | | John Franklin Enders (1897–1985) | United States | "for their discovery of the ability ofpoliomyelitisviruses to grow in cultures of various types of tissue" | [53] |
 | Frederick Chapman Robbins (1916–2003) |
 | Thomas Huckle Weller (1915–2008) |
| 1955 |  | Axel Hugo Theodor Theorell (1903–1982) | Sweden | "for his discoveries concerning the nature and mode of action of oxidation enzymes" | [54] |
| 1956 |  | André Frédéric Cournand (1895–1988) | France
United States | "for their discoveries concerningheart catheterization and pathological changes in thecirculatory system" | [55] |
 | Werner Forssmann (1904–1979) | West Germany |
 | Dickinson W. Richards (1895–1973) | United States |
| 1957 |  | Daniel Bovet (1907–1992) | Switzerland
Italy | "for his discoveries relating tosynthetic compounds that inhibit the action of certain body substances, and especially their action on the vascular system and the skeletal muscles" | [56] |
| 1958 |  | George Wells Beadle (1903–1989) | United States | "for their discovery thatgenes act by regulating definite chemical events" | [57] |
 | Edward Lawrie Tatum (1909–1975) |
 | Joshua Lederberg (1925–2008) | "for his discoveries concerninggenetic recombination and the organization of thegenetic material ofbacteria" | [57] |
| 1959 |  | Arthur Kornberg (1918–2007) | United States | "for their discovery of the mechanisms in the biological synthesis ofribonucleic acid anddeoxyribonucleic acid" | [58] |
 | Severo Ochoa (1905–1993) | Spain
United States |
| 1960 |  | SirFrank Macfarlane Burnet (1899–1985) | Australia | "for discovery of acquiredimmunological tolerance" | [59] |
 | SirPeter Brian Medawar (1915–1987) | United Kingdom |
| 1961 |  | Georg von Békésy (1899–1972) | Hungary
United States | "for his discoveries of the physical mechanism of stimulation within thecochlea" | [60] |
| 1962 |  | Francis Crick (1916–2004) | United Kingdom | "for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure ofnucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material" | [61][62] |
 | James Dewey Watson (b. 1928) | United States |
 | Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins (1916–2004) | New Zealand
United Kingdom |
| 1963 |  | SirJohn Carew Eccles (1903–1997) | Australia | "for their discoveries concerning the ionic mechanisms involved in excitation and inhibition in the peripheral and central portions of thenervecell membrane" | [63] |
 | SirAlan Lloyd Hodgkin (1914–1998) | United Kingdom |
 | SirAndrew Fielding Huxley (1917–2012) |
| 1964 |  | Konrad Bloch (1912–2000) | United States | "for their discoveries concerning the mechanism and regulation of thecholesterol andfatty acidmetabolism" | [64] |
 | Feodor Lynen (1911–1979) | West Germany |
| 1965 |  | François Jacob (1920–2013) | France | "for their discoveries concerninggenetic control of enzyme andvirus synthesis" | [65] |
 | André Lwoff (1902–1994) |
 | Jacques Monod (1910–1976) |
| 1966 |  | Peyton Rous (1879–1970) | United States | "for his discovery oftumour-inducingviruses" | [66] |
 | Charles Brenton Huggins (1901–1997) | Canada
United States | "for his discoveries concerninghormonal treatment ofprostatic cancer" | [66] |
| 1967 |  | Ragnar Granit (1900–1991) | Finland
Sweden | "for their discoveries concerning the primary physiological and chemical visual processes in theeye" | [67] |
 | Haldan Keffer Hartline (1903–1983) | United States |
 | George Wald (1906–1997) |
| 1968 |  | Robert W. Holley (1922–1993) | United States | "for their interpretation of thegenetic code and its function inprotein synthesis" | [68] |
 | Har Gobind Khorana (1922–2011) | India
United States |
 | Marshall W. Nirenberg (1927–2010) | United States |
| 1969 |  | Max Delbrück (1906–1981) | United States | "for their discoveries concerning the replication mechanism and thegenetic structure ofviruses" | [69] |
 | Alfred Hershey (1908–1997) |
 | Salvador E. Luria (1912–1991) | Italy
United States |
| 1970 |  | Julius Axelrod (1912–2004) | United States | "for their discoveries concerning the humoraltransmitters in the nerve terminals and the mechanism for their storage, release and inactivation" | [70] |
 | Ulf von Euler (1905–1983) | Sweden |
 | SirBernard Katz (1911–2003) | West Germany
United Kingdom |
| 1971 |  | Earl W. Sutherland Jr. (1915–1974) | United States | "for his discoveries concerning the mechanisms of the action ofhormones" | [71] |
| 1972 |  | Gerald M. Edelman (1929–2014) | United States | "for their discoveries concerning the chemical structure ofantibodies" | [72] |
 | Rodney R. Porter (1917–1985) | United Kingdom |
| 1973 |  | Karl von Frisch (1886–1982) | Austria | "for their discoveries concerning organization and elicitation of individual and social behaviour patterns" | [73] |
 | Konrad Lorenz (1903–1989) |
 | Nikolaas Tinbergen (1907–1988) | Netherlands |
| 1974 |  | Albert Claude (1899–1983) | Belgium
United States | "for their discoveries concerning thestructural and functional organization of the cell" | [74] |
 | Christian de Duve (1917–2013) | Belgium |
 | George E. Palade (1912–2008) | Romania
United States |
| 1975 |  | David Baltimore (1938–2025) | United States | "for their discoveries concerning the interaction betweentumour viruses and the genetic material of the cell" | [75] |
 | Renato Dulbecco (1914–2012) | Italy
United States |
 | Howard Martin Temin (1934–1994) | United States |
| 1976 |  | Baruch Samuel Blumberg (1925–2011) | United States | "for their discoveries concerning new mechanisms for the origin and dissemination ofinfectious diseases" | [76] |
 | D. Carleton Gajdusek (1923–2008) |
| 1977 |  | Roger Guillemin (1924–2024) | France
United States | "for their discoveries concerning thepeptide hormone production of thebrain" | [77] |
 | Andrew V. Schally (1926–2024) | United States |
 | Rosalyn Yalow (1921–2011) | "for the development ofradioimmunoassays ofpeptide hormones" | [77] |
| 1978 |  | Werner Arber (b. 1929) | Switzerland | "for the discovery ofrestriction enzymes and their application to problems ofmolecular genetics" | [78] |
 | Daniel Nathans (1928–1999) | United States |
 | Hamilton O. Smith (b. 1931) |
| 1979 |  | Allan M. Cormack (1924–1998) | South Africa
United States | "for the development ofcomputer assisted tomography" | [79] |
 | SirGodfrey N. Hounsfield (1919–2004) | United Kingdom |
| 1980 |  | Baruj Benacerraf (1920–2011) | Venezuela
United States | "for their discoveries concerning genetically determinedstructures on the cell surface that regulateimmunological reactions" | [80] |
 | Jean Dausset (1916–2009) | France |
 | George D. Snell (1903–1996) | United States |
| 1981 |  | Roger W. Sperry (1913–1994) | United States | "for his discoveries concerning the functional specialization of thecerebral hemispheres" | [81] |
 | David H. Hubel (1926–2013) | "for their discoveries concerning information processing in thevisual system" | [81] |
 | Torsten N. Wiesel (b. 1924) | Sweden |
| 1982 |  | Sune K. Bergström (1916–2004) | Sweden | "for their discoveries concerningprostaglandins and related biologically active substances" | [82] |
 | Bengt I. Samuelsson (1934–2024) |
 | SirJohn R. Vane (1927–2004) | United Kingdom |
| 1983 |  | Barbara McClintock (1902–1992) | United States | "for her discovery ofmobile genetic elements" | [83] |
| 1984 |  | Niels K. Jerne (1911–1994) | Denmark | "for theories concerning the specificity in development and control of theimmune system and the discovery of the principle for production ofmonoclonal antibodies" | [84] |
 | Georges J. F. Köhler (1946–1995) | West Germany |
 | César Milstein (1927–2002) | Argentina |
| 1985 |  | Michael S. Brown (b. 1941) | United States | "for their discoveries concerning the regulation ofcholesterolmetabolism" | [85] |
 | Joseph L. Goldstein (b. 1940) |
| 1986 |  | Stanley Cohen (1922–2020) | United States | "for their discoveries ofgrowth factors" | [86] |
 | Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909–2012) | Italy |
| 1987 |  | Susumu Tonegawa (b. 1939) | Japan | "for his discovery of the genetic principle for generation ofantibody diversity" | [87] |
| 1988 |  | SirJames W. Black (1924–2010) | United Kingdom | "for their discoveries of important principles fordrug treatment" | [88] |
 | Gertrude B. Elion (1918–1999) | United States |
 | George H. Hitchings (1905–1998) |
| 1989 |  | J. Michael Bishop (b. 1936) | United States | "for their discovery of the cellular origin ofretroviraloncogenes" | [89] |
 | Harold E. Varmus (b. 1939) |
| 1990 | | Joseph E. Murray (1919–2012) | United States | "for their discoveries concerningorgan and cell transplantation in the treatment of human disease" | [90] |
 | E. Donnall Thomas (1920–2012) |
| 1991 |  | Erwin Neher (b. 1944) | Germany | "for their discoveries concerning the function of singleion channels in cells" | [91] |
 | Bert Sakmann (b. 1942) |
| 1992 |  | Edmond H. Fischer (1920–2021) | Switzerland
United States | "for their discoveries concerning reversibleproteinphosphorylation as a biological regulatory mechanism" | [92] |
| Edwin G. Krebs (1918–2009) | United States |
| 1993 |  | SirRichard J. Roberts (b. 1943) | United Kingdom | "for their discoveries ofsplit genes" | [93] |
 | Phillip A. Sharp (b. 1944) | United States |
| 1994 |  | Alfred G. Gilman (1941–2015) | United States | "for their discovery ofG-proteins and the role of these proteins insignal transduction in cells" | [94] |
 | Martin Rodbell (1925–1998) |
| 1995 |  | Edward B. Lewis (1918–2004) | United States | "for their discoveries concerning the genetic control of earlyembryonic development" | [95] |
 | Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (b. 1942) | Germany |
 | Eric F. Wieschaus (b. 1947) | United States |
| 1996 |  | Peter C. Doherty (b. 1940) | Australia | "for their discoveries concerning the specificity of thecell mediated immune defence" | [96] |
 | Rolf M. Zinkernagel (b. 1944) | Switzerland |
| 1997 |  | Stanley B. Prusiner (b. 1942) | United States | "for his discovery ofPrions - a new biological principle of infection" | [97] |
| 1998 |  | Robert F. Furchgott (1916–2009) | United States | "for their discoveries concerningnitric oxide as a signalling molecule in the cardiovascular system" | [98] |
 | Louis J. Ignarro (b. 1941) |
 | Ferid Murad (1936–2023) |
| 1999 |  | Günter Blobel (1936–2018) | United States | "for the discovery thatproteins have intrinsic signals that govern their transport and localization in the cell" | [99] |
| 2000 |  | Arvid Carlsson (1923–2018) | Sweden | "for their discoveries concerningsignal transduction in thenervous system" | [100] |
 | Paul Greengard (1925–2019) | United States |
 | Eric Kandel (b. 1929) | Austria
United States |
| 2001 |  | Leland H. Hartwell (b. 1939) | United States | "for their discoveries of key regulators of thecell cycle" | [101] |
 | SirTim Hunt (b. 1943) | United Kingdom |
 | SirPaul M. Nurse (b. 1949) |
| 2002 |  | Sydney Brenner (1927–2019) | South Africa | "for their discoveries concerning 'genetic regulation of organ development andprogrammed cell death'" | [102] |
| H. Robert Horvitz (b. 1947) | United States |
 | SirJohn E. Sulston (1942–2018) | United Kingdom |
| 2003 |  | Paul Lauterbur (1929–2007) | United States | "for their discoveries concerningmagnetic resonance imaging" | [103] |
 | SirPeter Mansfield (1933–2017) | United Kingdom |
| 2004 |  | Richard Axel (b. 1946) | United States | "for their discoveries ofodorant receptors and the organization of theolfactory system" | [104] |
 | Linda B. Buck (b. 1947) |
| 2005 |  | Barry J. Marshall (b. 1951) | Australia | "for their discovery of the bacteriumHelicobacter pylori and its role ingastritis andpeptic ulcer disease" | [105] |
 | J. Robin Warren (1937–2024) |
| 2006 |  | Andrew Z. Fire (b. 1959) | United States | "for their discovery ofRNA interference - gene silencing by double-stranded RNA" | [106] |
 | Craig C. Mello (b. 1960) |
| 2007 |  | Mario R. Capecchi (b. 1937) | Italy
United States | "for their discoveries of principles for introducing specific gene modifications in mice by the use ofembryonic stem cells." | [107] |
 | SirMartin Evans (b. 1941) | United Kingdom |
 | Oliver Smithies (1925–2017) | United Kingdom
United States |
| 2008 |  | Harald zur Hausen (1936–2023) | Germany | "for his discovery of human papilloma viruses causingcervical cancer" | [108] |
 | Françoise Barré-Sinoussi (b. 1947) | France | "for their discovery ofhuman immunodeficiency virus" | [108] |
 | Luc Montagnier (1932–2022) |
| 2009 |  | Elizabeth H. Blackburn (b. 1948) | Australia
United States | "for the discovery of howchromosomes are protected bytelomeres and theenzymetelomerase" | [109] |
 | Carol W. Greider (b. 1961) | United States |
 | Jack W. Szostak (b. 1952) | Canada
United States |
| 2010 |  | SirRobert G. Edwards (1925–2013) | United Kingdom | "for the development ofin vitro fertilization" | [110] |
| 2011 |  | Bruce A. Beutler (b. 1957) | United States | "for their discoveries concerning the activation ofinnate immunity" | [111] |
 | Jules A. Hoffmann (b. 1941) | France |
 | Ralph M. Steinman (1943–2011) | Canada | "for his discovery of thedendritic cell and its role inadaptive immunity" (awarded posthumously)[112][113] | [111] |
| 2012 |  | SirJohn B. Gurdon (1933–2025) | United Kingdom | "for the discovery that mature cells can bereprogrammed to becomepluripotent" | [114] |
 | Shinya Yamanaka (b. 1962) | Japan |
| 2013 |  | James E. Rothman (b. 1950) | United States | "for their discoveries of machinery regulatingvesicle traffic, a major transport system in ourcells" | [115] |
 | Randy W. Schekman (b. 1948) |
 | Thomas C. Südhof (b. 1955) | Germany
United States |
| 2014 |  | John O'Keefe (b. 1939) | United States
United Kingdom | "for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain" | [116] |
 | May-Britt Moser (b. 1963) | Norway |
 | Edvard I. Moser (b. 1962) |
| 2015 |  | William C. Campbell (b. 1930) | Ireland
United States | "for their discoveries concerninga novel therapy against infections caused byroundworm parasites" | [117] |
 | Satoshi Ōmura (b. 1935) | Japan |
 | Tu Youyou (b. 1930) | China | "for her discoveries concerninga novel therapy againstmalaria" |
| 2016 |  | Yoshinori Ohsumi (b. 1945) | Japan | "for his discoveries of mechanisms forautophagy" | [118] |
| 2017 |  | Jeffrey C. Hall (b. 1945) | United States | "for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling thecircadian rhythm" | [119] |
 | Michael Rosbash (b. 1944) |
 | Michael W. Young (b. 1949) |
| 2018 |  | James P. Allison (b. 1948) | United States | "for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation" | [120] |
 | Tasuku Honjo (b. 1942) | Japan |
| 2019 |  | William Kaelin Jr. (b. 1957) | United States | "for their discoveries ofhow cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability" | [121] |
 | Peter J. Ratcliffe (b. 1954) | United Kingdom |
 | Gregg L. Semenza (b. 1956) | United States |
| 2020 |  | Harvey J. Alter (b. 1935) | United States | "for the discovery ofHepatitis C virus" | [122] |
 | Michael Houghton (b. 1949) | United Kingdom |
 | Charles M. Rice (b. 1952) | United States |
| 2021 |  | David Julius (b. 1955) | United States | "for the discovery of receptors for temperature and touch" | [123] |
 | Ardem Patapoutian (b. 1967) | Lebanon
United States |
| 2022 |  | Svante Pääbo (b. 1955) | Sweden | "for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution" | [124] |
| 2023 |  | Katalin Karikó (b. 1955) | Hungary
United States | "for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effectivemRNA vaccines against COVID-19" | [125] |
 | Drew Weissman (b. 1959) | United States |
| 2024 |  | Victor Ambros (b. 1953) | United States | "for the discovery ofmicroRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation" | [126] |
 | Gary Ruvkun (b. 1952) |
| 2025 | | Mary E. Brunkow (b. 1961) | United States | "for their discoveries concerningperipheralimmune tolerance" | [127] |
 | Fred Ramsdell (b. 1960) |
 | Shimon Sakaguchi (b. 1951) | Japan |