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Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger (23 April 1867 – 30 January 1928) was a Danish physician and professor of anatomical pathology at the University of Copenhagen. He was the recipient of the 1926 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for his discovery of the Spiroptera carcinoma ". He demonstrated that the roundworm which he called Spiroptera ...
Apr 19, 2024 · Johannes Fibiger (born April 23, 1867, Silkeborg, Den.—died Jan. 30, 1928, Copenhagen) was a Danish pathologist who received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1926 for achieving the first controlled induction of cancer in laboratory animals, a development of profound importance to cancer research.
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Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1926. Born: 23 April 1867, Silkeborg, Denmark. Died: 30 January 1928, Copenhagen, Denmark. Affiliation at the time of the award: Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark. Prize motivation: “for his discovery of the Spiroptera carcinoma”.
Johannes Fibiger received his Nobel Prize one year later, in 1927. During the selection process in 1926, the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine decided that none of the year's nominations met the criteria as outlined in the will of Alfred Nobel. According to the Nobel Foundation's statutes, the Nobel Prize can in such a case be reserved ...
The Nobel Chronicles. As there was no consensus, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was not awarded in 1925. In 1926, the Prize was awarded to Johannes Fibiger for the discovery of Spiroptera carcinoma. Fibiger was born in Silkeborg, Denmark. He studied bacteriology under Robert Koch and, in 1900 became Director at Copenhagen's Institute ...
May 18, 2018 · Johannes Fibiger (1867-1928) was a Danish bacteriologist and pathologist who made important research contributions to the study of diseases such as diphtheria, tuberculosis, and cancer, as well as important advances in clinical research methodology. He received the 1926 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his research on parasites and ...
Johannes Fibiger, shown in Figure 1, was born in Silkeborg, Denmark, in 1867 and received his medical degree in 1890 from the medical school of the... Get full access to this article View all available purchase options and get full access to this article.
