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The Nobel
Prize is an international award given yearly since 1901
for achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature
and for peace. In 1968, the Bank of Sweden instituted
the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel,
founder of the Nobel Prize.
The Prize Winners are announced
in October every year. They receive their awards (a prize
amount, a gold medal and a diploma) on December 10, the
anniversary of Nobel's death. |
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Alfred Nobel
was born in 1833 in Stockholm, Sweden. His family was
descended from Olof Rudbeck, the best-known technical
genius of Sweden's 17th century era as a great power in
northern Europe.
Nobel invented dynamite in 1866
and later built up companies and laboratories in more
than 20 countries all over the world.
On November 27, 1895, Nobel signed
his last will providing for the establishment of the Nobel
Prize. He died of cerebral haemorrhage in his home in
San Remo, Italy on December 10, 1896. |
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Alfred died
in San Remo, Italy on December 10, 1896. In his last will
and testament, he wrote that much of his fortune was to
be used to give prizes to those who have done their best
for humanity in the field of physics, chemistry, physiology
or medicine, literature and peace.
In 1901, the first Nobel Prizes
in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine and Literature
were first awarded in Stockholm, Sweden and the Peace
Prize in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. |
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| The first
Prize Award Ceremony in 1901 at the Old Royal Academy
of Music in Stockholm. |
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| ebeijing >> Feature >> Nobel Prize Forum >> News & Events |
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| Nobel Laureates to Discuss Life Science Developments |
Seven Nobel laureates and other famous scientists will discuss the latest developments in life science and bio-technology today in Beijing.
The seven Nobel laureates include Chinese-born Lee Tsung-dao, winner of the 1957 Nobel prize for physics, Robert Mundell, winner of the 1999 economic science prize, Robert Huber and Hartmut Michel, who shared the 1988 chemistry prize, Ferid Murad and Louis Ignarro, who shared the 1998 medicine prize, and Aaron Ciechanover, winner of the 2004 chemistry prize.
They have been invited by the Nobel Laureates Beijing Forum 2006, which is sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
This year, the theme of the forum is "Life Sciences and Human Health."
Longer life expectancy will put further pressure on life science and bio-technology research, said Lu Yongxiang, president of CAS, in a statement.
The topics of the scientists' speeches will include China's life science, healthcare, DNA research, new infectious diseases, anti-cancer drugs and even transgenic techniques.
The forum will be held in the Great Hall of the People from today to Thursday.
"The past two decades have provided many new tools to help us understand biology and turn this understanding into new treatments for human diseases," said Ernest Beutler of Scripps Research Institute of the United States, in his printed speech paper.
He will present the speech, entitled "the modern road to discovery in healthcare: a challenging journey" today.
Scientists from CAS will also speak on bird flu, cancer medicine and human genetic projects.
When fighting against bird flu and other new emerging infectious diseases, three aspects must be emphasized, Gao Fu, president of Institute of Microbiology, CAS, said in a statement.
These are stronger prevention and control measures, better public education and further basic scientific research.
Wang Xiaodong, director of National Institute of Biological Sciences and member of American Academy of Sciences, will present his cancer research findings on Wednesday afternoon.
The current cancer therapies mainly rely on surgical removal of tumor mass in combination with radiation and chemotherapy that induce cancer death through non-specific damage, Wang said in a speech extract.
The drawbacks of these methods are side effects caused by the death of normal growing cells and development of resistance to these treatments. |
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Nobel Laureates to Discuss Life Science Developments