Medindia: Niels Ryberg Finsen - The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1903
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Niels Ryberg Finsen
Niels Ryberg Finsen was a physician and scientist. In 1903, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology "in recognition of his contribution to the treatment of diseases, especially lupus vulgaris, with concentrated light radiation, whereby he has opened a new avenue for medical science."
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science · Faroese physician and Nobel laureate (1860–1904) · physician · university teacher · scientist · also Niels Ryberg Finsen, Niels Finsen, Finsen
Born 15 December 1860 · Died 24 September 1904 · Q182964
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2015· 1 entry
Published “Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease” in The Lancet Neurology — cited 5,671 times.
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2013· 1 entry
Published “Natural RNA circles function as efficient microRNA sponges” in Nature — cited 6,808 times.
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1904· 3 entries
Died 1904-09-24.
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Finsen was awarded the Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh
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As En Ophobning af Salt i Organismen ("An accumulation of salt in the organism")
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1903· 3 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — in recognition of his contribution to the treatment of diseases, especially lupus vulgaris, with concentrated light radiation, whereby he has opened a new avenue for medical science.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1903).
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Was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology "in recognition of his contribution to the treatment of diseases, especially lupus vulgaris, with concentrated light radiation, whereby he has opened a new avenue
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1898· 1 entry
Finsen was given a professorship and in 1899 he became a Knight of the Order of Dannebrog
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1896· 1 entry
With Finsen serving as its first director
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1893· 1 entry
And Om Anvendelse i Medicinen af koncentrerede kemiske Lysstraaler ("The use of concentrated chemical light rays in medicine"), published in 1896
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1882· 1 entry
Finsen moved to Copenhagen to study medicine at the University of Copenhagen, from which he graduated in 1890
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1876· 1 entry
To enroll in his father's old school, Lærði skólinn, in Reykjavík
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1874· 1 entry
Was sent to the Danish boarding school Herlufsholm, where his older brother Olaf was also a student
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1871· 1 entry
His father was made Amtmand of the Faroe Islands
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1860· 1 entry
Born 1860-12-15.
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1858· 1 entry
When his father was given the position of Landfoged
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