Japan’s Ohsumi wins Nobel Prize in medicine

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Ohsumi is a professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. “As a scientist, I’m extremely honored,” he said in an interview with Japanese broadcaster NHK.

He said the “human body is always repeating the auto-decomposition process, or cannibalism, and there is a fine balance between formation and decomposition. That’s what life is about.”

Last year’s prize was shared by three scientists who developed treatments for malaria and tropical diseases. It was the 107th award in that category since the first Nobel Prizes were handed out in 1905.

The announcements continue with physics on Tuesday and chemistry on Wednesday and the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The economics and literature awards will be announced next week. Each prize is worth $930,000… see more

source: usatoday

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