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Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger

Nobel Prize laureate in Medicine 1926
Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger — Nobel Prize
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Medicine 1926
Born : 1867-04-23 — Silkeborg, Denmark
Died : 1928-01-30
“for his discovery of the Spiroptera carcinoma”
Medicine · 1926
Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger, born on April 23, 1867, in Silkeborg, Denmark, was a Danish physician and researcher. He is best known for his discovery of Spiroptera carcinoma, a parasite linked to certain cancers in animals. In 1926, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for this discovery. Fibiger passed away on January 30, 1928.

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Who is Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger?
Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger, born on April 23, 1867, in Silkeborg, Denmark, was a Danish physician and researcher. He is best known for his discovery of Spiroptera carcinoma, a parasite linked to certain cancers in animals. In 1926, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for this discovery. Fibiger passed away on January 30, 1928.
In what year did Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger win the Nobel Prize?
1926 — Medicine
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