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Revista Médica Electrónica
versión On-line ISSN 1684-1824
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ALVAREZ ARAGON, Mileyvis et al. A short review on Medicine and Physiology Nobel Prizes. Cuban presence. Rev.Med.Electrón. [online]. 2016, vol.38, n.6, pp.929-940. ISSN 1684-1824.
The history of knowledge, as the history of the humankind, is marked by a series of uninterrupted discoveries, beginning from the same human origins and lasting to our days. With the aim of stimulating and fomenting the development of humanity, Alfred Bernhard Nobel set up, with his fortune, a found to reward the best annual discoveries. The main objective of this article was shortly describing the history of the Medicine and Physiology Nobel prizes, from their instauration in 1901, up to the last one, given in 2015, emphasizing in the Cuban presence. Many people has passed through the rewarding podium to receive the recognition for their efforts aimed to discovering the nature secrets to protect health. Even without receiving the prize, Cuban scientists also have made relevant discoveries setting rules at the world level, and deserved nominations together with universally renowned personalities.
Palabras clave : Nobel prizes; Medicine; Physiology; Cuban people.