NAS Member and Foreign Associate Receive Nobel Prize in Medicine

The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was divided, one half jointly to NAS member William C. Campbell and foreign associate Satoshi Ōmura "for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites" and the other half to Youyou Tu "for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against malaria."
Source: News from the National Academies - Category: Science Source Type: news