Nobel medicine. The prize for the examination of sense of direction … – Money.pl

2014-10-06 11:55

The winners John O’Keefe, Edvard Moser and May-Britt Moser [Photo: PAP / EPA ]

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John O’Keefe and marriage May-Bitt and Edvard Moser were awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in medicine. Scientists have been appreciated for his discovery of cells in the brain that are responsible for spatial orientation.

Professor O’Keefe is an American scientist, in turn, marriage Moser comes from Norway. As reported by the Nobel committee, O’Keefe first important discoveries in this field has already made in 1971. Three decades later, in 2005 Moserowie made another quantum leap forward. Their joint achievement is defined as finding a human, internal GPS and .

noblowską Prize in Physiology or Medicine recognizes the Karolinska Institute, the most prestigious medical university in Sweden. Its members this year received 263 names of candidates.