prix Nobel 1997 : lauréats

Destinataires

1. Chimie

   Paul D. Boyer, John E. Walker

   Chimie

   for their elucidation of the enzymatic mechanism underlying the synthesis of adenosine triphosphate (ATP)

2. Chimie

   Jens C. Skou

   Chimie

   for the first discovery of an ion-transporting enzyme, Na+, K+ -ATPase

3. Médecine

   Stanley B. Prusiner

   Biologie

   for his discovery of Prions - a new biological principle of infection

4. Physique

   Steven Chu, Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, William D. Phillips

   Physique

   for development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light