Alexis Carrel

Alexis Carrel
Alexis Carrel
Alexis Carrel

Alexis Carrel
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1912

Nobel Prize motivation: “in recognition of his work on vascular suture and the transplantation of blood vessels and organs.”

Work

The circulatory system, which plays a key role in transporting substances throughout the body, consists of the heart and blood vessels. During the first decade of the 20th century, Alexis Carrell developed methods for sewing blood vessels together. These were very significant for surgery and allowed new ways of studying health problems. It also laid the groundwork for transplant surgery. For a long time, transplants were impossible because the immune system would reject transplanted organs, but medications later made them possible.

Reference : Nobel Prize Site