By Ashritha Raghavendra
July 23, 2022
Curie was the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize and the first person to win two Nobel Prizes. She was awarded for her work on spontaneous radiation, Radium and Polonium.
Nobel Prize in Physics and Chemistry
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Irene shared the Nobel Prize with her husband, Jean Frédéric Joliot-Curie, for discovering induced radioactivity. She was Pierre and Marie Curie’s daughter.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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Gerty was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. She shared the award with her husband for the development of the Cori Cycle.
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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Maria is a German-born American theoretical physicist who worked on an atomic bomb project during World War II. She won the prize for proposing the nuclear shell model of the atomic nucleus.
Nobel Prize in Physics
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Dorothy’s won the Nobel for her work on protein crystallography that advanced the development of X-rays She is lauded for her research on the structure of penicillin, vitamin B12 and insulin.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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Tu Youyou was awarded the Nobel Prize for the discovery of artemisinin, a key substance in anti-malaria drugs. This breakthrough medicine has helped save millions of lives across the globe.
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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Françoise’s work on HIV was a significant contribution in the fight against AIDS. She won the award for discovering a retrovirus that attacks lymphocytes in HIV+ patients.
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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The duo was recognised for their contribution in the development of CRISPR–Cas9 gene-editing tools and a rapid test for COVID-19.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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