Yoshinori Ohsumi

Nobel Prize 2016: Here are the winners

Awarded for 'the Greatest Benefit to Mankind,' the Nobel Prize is an international award administered by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden, and based on the fortune of Alfred Nobel, Swedish inventor and entrepreneur.

Dec 19, 2016, 20:07 PM IST

Yoshinori Ohsumi of Japan wins 2016 Nobel Prize in Medicine!

Ohsumi's work on autophagy - how the body breaks down and recycles cellular components - helps explain what goes wrong in a range of diseases, from cancer to Parkinson's.

Oct 03, 2016, 15:36 PM IST