title: [The 2008 Nobel Prizes in medicine and physiology].
abstract: For the last century, the Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine has been awarded worldwide to significant discoveries. The prize allows the dissemination of information on the achievements of recipients, promotes understanding of scientific knowledge among the public and attracts young students to biomedical research. This paper briefly describes the prizes granted to the fields of physiology and medicine, emphasizing those that related to development of vaccines.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorios de Biológicos y Reactivos de México (Birmex), México D.F., México. jvaldespinog@birmex.gob.mx
authors.forename: José Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Valdespino
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ponce-de-León
authors.forename: María
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Lourdes Garcia
mesh_terms: D009613:Nobel Prize; D010827:Physiology