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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who among the following has won the Nobel Prize in Physiology?
A
Peter J Ratcliffe
B
William G Kaelin Jr
C
Gregg L Semenza
D
All of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The most recent Nobel prize was announced by the Karolinska Institute on 3 October 2022, and has been awarded to Swedish Svante Pääbo, for the discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution.

Detailed explanation-2: -Buck (2004), Françoise Barré-Sinoussi (2008), Elizabeth H. Blackburn (2009), Carol W. Greider (2009), May-Britt Moser (2014) and Tu Youyou (2015). There have been nine years in which the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was not awarded (1915–1918, 1921, 1925, 1940–1942).

Detailed explanation-3: -The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2022 was awarded to Svante Pääbo “for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution.”

Detailed explanation-4: -Ivan P. Pavlov (1849-1936) is remembered in history of sciences for his work on behavior, “psychological reflexes", and conditional reflexes. The Nobel Prize was granted in 1904 for his work on the physiology of digestion.

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