Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

High school (ages 12+)
Human Body

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

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Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. When was Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine built?Alfred Nobel's will in 1895
2. What is the awarding body?The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute
3. What is the first recipient?Emil von Behring in 1901 for serum therapy and diphtheria vaccine development
4. Who started the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, created the prize in his will to honor scientists who benefit humanity.
5. Why was the first prize given to Emil von Behring?He developed a diphtheria vaccine that saved many lives, so his work was chosen as the first Nobel Prize in Medicine.

Physiology: The branch of biology that deals with the functions and activities of life and of the different organs and parts of living organisms.
Serum Therapy: A medical treatment using antibodies found in the blood serum of recovered patients or immunized animals.
Peripheral Immune Tolerance: The mechanism by which the immune system avoids attacking the body's own tissues in the body's extremities.