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Selection process for the Nobel Prize 2014 has begun

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263 scientists have been nominated for the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Among them, 46 individuals were nominated for the first time. The deadline for nominations for the 2014 Nobel Prize was January 31. The Nobel Committee will evaluate the nominations during spring and summer. The final decision will be made by the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet on October 6, 2014.

“We have received a large number of nominations, similar to last year, and are now starting to evaluate them,” says Professor Göran K Hansson, Secretary-General of the Nobel Assembly.

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Ann-Mari Dumanski
The Nobel Office
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Email: Ann-Mari.Dumanski@nobel.se



The Nobel Assembly, consisting of 50 professors at Karolinska Institutet, awards the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Its Nobel Committee evaluates the nominations. Since 1901 the Nobel Prize has been awarded to scientists who have made the most important discoveries for the benefit of mankind.

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