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{{short description|Award branch of the Wolf Prize}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
The '''Wolf Prize in Medicine''' is awarded once a yearannually by the [[Wolf Foundation]] in [[Israel]].<ref name="Gurdon">{{cite book|last1=Gurdon|first1=John|title=Wolf prize in medicine 1978-20081978–2008|date=2012|publisher=World Scientific|location=Singapore|isbn=978-981-4291-73-6|volume=1}}</ref> It is one of the six [[Wolf Prize]]s established by the Foundation and awarded since 1978; the others are in [[Wolf Prize in Agriculture|Agriculture]], [[Wolf Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]], [[Wolf Prize in Mathematics|Mathematics]], [[Wolf Prize in Physics|Physics]] and [[Wolf Prize in Arts|Arts]]. The Prize has been stated to be the second most prestigious award in [[science]] (REF missing), and a significant predictor of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]].<ref name="Siegel-Itzkovich">{{cite news|last1=Siegel-Itzkovich|first1=Judy|title=Wolf Prizes in the sciences and arts presented to nine North Americans|url=http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Health/Wolf-Prizes-in-the-sciences-and-arts-presented-to-nine-North-Americans-389466|accessdateaccess-date=5 May 2016|work=The Jerusalem Post|date=January 29, January 2015}}</ref>
 
==Laureates==
==LaureatesSource:<ref name="recipients">[http://www.wolffund.org.il/index.php?dir=site&page=winners&name=&prize=3016&year=&field=3006 Wolf Prize Recipients in Medicine]</ref>==
 
{| class="wikitable"
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| 2001
| [[Avram Hershko]] <br> [[Alexander Varshavsky]]
| {{ISR}} / {{HUN}}; <br> {{RUS}} / {{USA}}
| for the discovery of the ubiquitin system of intracellular protein degradation and the crucial functions of this system in cellular regulation.
|-
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| 2008
| [[Howard Cedar]] <br> [[Aharon Razin]]
| {{ISRUSA}} <br> {{ISR}}
| for their fundamental contributions to our understanding of the role of DNA methylation in the control of gene expression.
|-
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| [[Jeffrey M. Friedman]]
| {{USA}}
| for the discovery of Leptin and the entirely new endocrine system controlling body weight (and many other processes).<ref>[{{Cite web|url=http://www.wolffund.org.il/index.php?dir=site&page=winners&cs=967&langpage=eng&highlight=friedman |title=Wolf Prize 2019 -– Medicine]|accessdate=13 December 2021}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2| 2020
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| [[Jennifer Doudna]]
| {{USA}}
| for revealing the medicine-revolutionizing mechanism of bacterial immunity via RNA-guided genome editing.<ref>[https://wolffund.org.il/the-wolf-prize/#Laureates Wolf Prize 2020 -– Medicine]</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" |2021
|[[Joan Steitz]]
|{{USA}}
|for her many fundamental contributions to the field of RNA biology.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|title=Wolf Prize in medicine goes to RNA researchers whose work enabled development of COVID-19 vaccines|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-wolf-prize-in-medicine-goes-to-rna-researchers-who-paved-way-for-covid-19-vaccines-1.9524743|access-date=9 February 2021|website=Haaretz.com|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[Lynne Maquat|Lynne Elizabeth Maquat]]
|{{USA}}
|for discovering a mechanism that destroys mutant messenger RNA in cells, nonsense-mediated mRNA decay.<ref name="auto"/>
|-
|[[Adrian R. Krainer|Adrian Krainer]]
|{{URU}} / {{USA}}
|for his fundamental mechanistic discoveries on RNA splicing leading to a world’s first treatment for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).<ref name="auto"/>
|-
| 2022 || No award || ||
|-
| 2023
| [[Daniel J. Drucker]]
| {{CAN}}
| for pioneering work in elucidating the mechanisms and therapeutic potential of enteroendocrine hormones.<ref>[https://wolffund.org.il/daniel-joshua-drucker/ Wolf Prize 2023]</ref>
|-
| 2024
| [[Botond Roska]] <br> [[José-Alain Sahel]]
| {{HUN}} / {{flag|Switzerland}}; <br>{{FRA}} / {{USA}}
| for sight-saving and vision restoration to blind people using optogenetics.<ref>[https://wolffund.org.il/the-wolf-prize/#Laureates Laureates 2024]</ref>
|}
 
== Laureates per country ==
Below is a chart of all laureates per country (updated to 2024 laureates). Some laureates are counted more than once if they have multiple citizenships.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; overflow:auto; margin-left:0px; margin-right:auto;"
|- style="background:#ececec; vertical-align:top;"
!Country
!Number of laureates
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|United States}}
|38
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|9
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Israel}}
|8
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|France}}
|4
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Japan}}
|3
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Canada}}
|3
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Germany}}
|2
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Hungary}}
|2
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Italy}}
|1
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Argentina}}
|1
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Netherlands}}
|1
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Sweden}}
|1
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Austria}}
|1
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Belgium}}
|1
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Uruguay}}
|1
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Russia}}
|1
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Switzerland}}
|1
|-
|}
 
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