2016 Nobel Prize Winner Yoshinori Ohsumi; Solving the Mystery of Autophagy

Abstract

In 2016, Dr. Yoshinori Ohsumi accomplished an incredible feat: he received the Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology as a single recipient. Awarded once a year to up to 3 individuals who made a significant contribution to the scientific community, this Nobel Prize is the most well known, and arguably the most prestigious prize for those studying the human body.

Keywords

• nobel prize
• Yoshinori Ohsumi
• autophagy