The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1982
Awarded on: 1982-10-11
"for their discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related biologically active substances"
Affiliations:
- Karolinska Institutet – Stockholm, Sweden
Sune K. Bergström
Born: 1916-01-10 in Stockholm, Sweden
Gender: male
Field: Swedish biochemist (1916–2004)
Biography
Karl Sune Detlof Bergström was a Swedish biochemist. In 1975, he was appointed to the Nobel Foundation Board of Directors in Sweden, and was awarded the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University, together with Bengt I. Samuelsson. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Bengt I. Samuelsson and John R. Vane in 1982, for discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related substances.