To whom the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2016 was awarded?

Options

A. David J.Thouless
B. Yoshinori Ohsumi
C. J. Michael Kosterlitz
D. Sir J. Fraser Stoddart

Answer

B

Explanation

Yoshinor Ohsumi of the Tokyo Institute of Technology, in October 2016, won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicing for hto discoveries about "autophagy"-a funda-mental process cells use to degrade and recycle parts of themselves. His work opened the path to understanding how cells adapt to starvation and respond to infection.