It was thought that stress was the cause of gastric ulcers.

But Barry Marshall suspected they were caused by a bacterium, Helicobacter pylori. When Marshall's theory was met with resistance he decided to experiment on himself, ultimately proving his theory correct.
#NobelPrize

In April 1910 laureate Paul Ehrlich announced the discovery of the first medicine that could cure syphilis. The drug in question had originally been thought to be ineffective but Erlich decided to give it another go testing it on infected rabbits - to his delight it worked.

Literature laureate Doris Lessing has never been one to underestimate the power of books.

Read her full #NobelPrize lecture: bit.ly/2UquTkB

Inspired by Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf's books, Rita Levi-Montalcini first considered a career as a writer, but ultimately decided to study medicine.  In 1986, she received the medicine prize for looking into how the nervous system develops. Read more: nobelprize.org/prizes/medicin…

Benjamin List and David MacMillan developed an ingenious tool for building molecules – organocatalysis – which has made chemistry greener. Researchers can now more efficiently construct new molecules and have even identified an organocatalyst that can break down plastic waste.

It is honour to me to take a photo with Professor Anne L'Huillier, Nobel Prize in Physics in 2023 📷, #Attosecond #physics #nobleprize

they should actually give her a nobel prize for this
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RFK Jr. Reveals Why Ivermectin Had to Be Destroyed

Ivermectin is often recognized – 2nd to penicillin – for having the greatest impact on human health. And its discovery won the Nobel Prize in 2015.

But its existence threatened a $200 billion vaccine enterprise.

“The Federal

William Makis MD Ivermectin is often recognized–2nd to penicillin–for having the greatest impact on human health. Its discovery even won the Nobel Prize.

Dr. Barry J. Marshall was convinced that H. pylori bacteria causes stomach ulcers, but no one believed him. Since it was illegal to test his theory on humans, he drank the bacteria himself, developed ulcer within days, treated it with antibiotics, and won a Nobel Prize.

'I came to understand that when the environment is destroyed, plundered or mismanaged, we undermine our quality of life and that of future generations.'

- Wangari Maathai in her #NobelPeacePrize lecture given twenty years ago.

Read more: bit.ly/3VCSKhc

#EarthDay

Take a look at Oliver Smithies' notebook from 1982 on gene targeting.

Smithies shared the 2007 medicine prize for discovering how to use embryonic stem cells to create genetic changes in mice. Today, genetically-altered mice are an invaluable tool for research.

Çok şükür hafta çok güzel başladı. Bu sabah saatlerinde Nobel Prize / Sudden Storm erkek tayımız sağlıklı bir şekilde dünyaya 'merhaba' dedi. Maşallah! Yolun, bahtın açık olsun.

Physics laureate Roger Penrose had a puzzling childhood. From designing moving models and polyhedra he took on a massive mystery in 1964, when he proposed critical mathematical tools to describe black holes.

Read more about his life: nobelprize.org/prizes/physics…

Sal the Agorist Trump never mandated shots, offered Nobel Prize winning Ivermectin, shut down travel from Countries and was called Xenophobic 👍

“If at some point Earth becomes uninhabitable there’s no way to escape. We are linked to this planet.”

Our world is changing - and it's even more important that we each do our part to help the planet. What are you doing to look after our world?

#EarthDay

#Didyouknow that Rabindranath Tagore was a dedicated painter?

Even though he began painting in his sixties, he managed to produce thousands of works. His individual painting style with simple bold forms has inspired many modern Indian artists.

#WorldArtDay

How do you define creativity?

When asked, medicine laureate Susumu Tonegawa had an inspiring reply.

Tonegawa was awarded the 1987 medicine prize 'for his discovery of the genetic principle for generation of antibody diversity.'

Whoever made this edit deserves a nobel prize imo