Photos of the three awarded scientists are seen at a press conference in Stockholm, Sweden, Oct. 2, 2017. Three scientists share 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the Nobel Committee announced on Monday in Stockholm. The Nobel assembly at the Karolinska Institute has decided to award the 2017 physiology or medicine prize jointly to Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm. (Xinhua/Shi Tiansheng)
STOCKHOLM, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young share the 2017 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, the committee announced Monday.
The following is a list of winners of the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine since 2007:
2016: Yoshinori Ohsumi (Japan);
2015: Tu Youyou (China), William Campbell (Ireland), and Satoshi Omura (Japan);
2014: John O'Keefe (U.S.), May-Britt Moser (Norway), Edvard Moser (Norway);
2013: James E. Rothman (U.S.), Randy W. Schekman (U.S.), Thomas C. Sudhof (Germany);
2012: John B. Gurdon (Britain), Shinya Yamanaka (Japan);
2011: Bruce A. Beutler (U.S.), Jules A. Hoffmann (Luxembourg and France), Ralph M. Steinman (Canada and U.S.);
2010: Robert G. Edwards (Britain);
2009: Elizabeth H. Blackburn (U.S. and Australia), Carol W. Greider (U.S.), Jack W. Szostak (U.S.);
2008: Harald zur Haussen (Germany), Francoise Barre-Sinoussi (France), Luc Montagnier (France);
2007: Mario Capecchi (U.S.), Oliver Smithies (U.S.), Martin Evans (Britain).
