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To which world region will this year's Nobel Prize in Medicine go?

Settled as Nothern or Western Europe

Three scientists, one German and two French, have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/10/06/europe/EU-Sweden-Nobel-Medicine-Citation.php

Background:

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

In 1901, Emil von Behring was awarded the first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on serum therapy, particularly for its use in the treatment of diphtheria. The Nobel Prize in Medicine has subsequently highlighted a number of important discoveries including penicillin, genetic engineering and blood-typing.

Nominations for 2008
197 names were submitted for the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize, 33 of which are organizations. The Nobel Committees in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature and the Prize Committee for Economics each usually receives 250-300 names every year. The names of the nominees cannot be revealed until 50 years later.

Announcements of the 2008 Nobel Prizes
Physiology or Medicine - Monday, October 6, 11:30 a.m. CET at the earliest

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/
http://www.nobelprize.org/prize_announcements/
http://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/nomination_facts.html

Regions, according to hubdub good question guidelines (http://www.hubdub.com/public/goodquestion), as defined here: http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/maplib/worldregions.htm
and visualized here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:United_Nations_geographical_subregions.png


Official Clarification: In the case where the prize is awarded to more than one person, this question will be settled.

In the case of a discrepancy between the country of origin and country of wor of the winner I would suggest that the question should be settled for the region in which the work was carried out.


Settlement details: As reported by a major mainstream news source.

 
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Settled

Africa
0%
Eastern Asia
3%
South-Central or South Eastern Asia
3%
Western Asia
2%
Eastern Europe
2%
Nothern or Western Europe
59%
Southern Europe
2%
Latin America
0%
Nothern America
28%
Oceania
1%
Activity: H$38,573
Settled as Nothern or Western Europe on Mon 6th Oct 2:32pm PDT

Suspend date: Mon 6th Oct 3:30am PDT Settlement date: Mon 6th Oct 2:32pm PDTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Mon 6th Oct 2am PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: Africa: 10%, Eastern Asia: 10%, South-Central or South Eastern Asia: 10%, Western Asia: 10%, Eastern Europe: 10%, Nothern or Western Europe: 10%, Southern Europe: 10%, Latin America: 10%, Nothern America: 10%, Oceania: 10%

Action history:

Created Sat 6th Sep 1:13pm PDT by kruijs[Power User]
Suspended Mon 6th Oct 2:47am PDT by infernalmachine[Admin]: this has just been announced
Settlement requested Mon 6th Oct 3:30am PDT by infernalmachine[Admin]: The prize went to two teams from Northern or Western Europe. The prize was announced at 9:30 am GMT (11:30am Copenhagen), but the question had not suspended yet.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7654214.stm
Settlement requested Mon 6th Oct 10:48am PDT by exilpat: award went to 2 french and 1 german = to scientists from western europe. see http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/health/07nobel.html?bl&ex=1223438400&en=f895f0fd514c47fb&ei=5087%0A
Settled as 'Nothern or Western Europe' Mon 6th Oct 2:32pm PDT by tisha[Admin]: Three scientists, one German and two French, have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/10/06/europe/EU-Sweden-Nobel-Medicine-Citation.php

Suspend date: Mon 6th Oct 3:30am PDT Settlement date: Mon 6th Oct 2:32pm PDTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Mon 6th Oct 2am PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
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Comments (4)

  1 bgrigore
What if the prize is awarded to several laureates from two (or more) different regions?
posted 12 weeks ago
  2 kruijs[Power User]
the "multiple regions" option is missing, you're right.
but, though it might happen that the prize is awarded to more than one person, it is not very likely that these persons are from different regions.
in case it would, maybe the question would simply be voided or dubble settled - to be decided by the category editor.
posted 12 weeks ago
  3 randburg
It has definitely happened before that Americans and Europeans have shared the Nobel Prize in the same category for different research leading to results in the same field. The "more than one region" option should be here, unless the cat editor agrees to settle either region as acceptable.
posted 12 weeks ago
  4 tisha[Admin]
In the case where the prize is awarded to more than one person, this question will be double settled.

In the case of a discrepancy between the country of origin and country of wor of the winner I would suggest that the question should be settled for the region in which the work was carried out.
posted 12 weeks ago

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