(Inside Science) — Every year, the Nobel Prizes in physiology or medicine, physics, and chemistry honor great advances and discoveries in science. Last year, one of our top contenders in medicine — checkpoint inhibitors for cancer therapy — won. We were not as successful in the other two categories. But buoyed by that modicum of success, we will again attempt to summarize nine top contenders for these famous science prizes (including one repeat from last year).
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — Announced October 7
(Credit: Abigail Malate, Staff Illustrator/Copyright American Institute of Physics)
Written by Nala Rogers
