Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Year:1928
Number:23 - 0
 
Nominee 1:
Name:Johannes A Fibiger
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1867
Year, Death:1928
Profession:prof pathological anatomy
University:University of Copenhagen
City:Copenhagen
Country:DENMARK (DK)
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1926
 
Nominee 2:
Name:Katsusaburo Yamagiwa
Gender:M
Profession:prof emeritus
University:Tokyo Imperial University
City:Tokyo
Country:JAPAN (JP)
 
Motivation:J. Fibiger: The parasite Spiroptera neoplastica, found in cockroaches, can cause the development of true carcinoma in the stomach of rats. K. Yamagiwa: First to show that malignant tumors, carcinoma and sarcoma, could be produced by application of tar to the tissues of certain mammals.
 
Nominator:
Name:Alexander Maximow
Profession:prof anatomy
University:University of Chicago
City:Chicago
State:IL
Country:UNITED STATES (US)