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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Physiology or Medicine (216) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1980s (97) 1982 (9) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1920s (114) 1927 (14) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, western (207) United Kingdom (101) Tardebigge (1) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 2000s (70) 2004 (12) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, western (182) United Kingdom (86) London (22) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name E-K (339) J (95) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name S-Z (212) V (12) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name E-K (229) J (80) John (32) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 50 - 59 (231) 56 (23) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Life Scientists (181) Biological Scientists (181) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Europe (450) Europe, western (223) United Kingdom (110) 39. Worked for Medical Organization 39. Worked for Medical Organization Europe (25) Europe, western (22) United Kingdom (19) London (8) Wellcome Trust (3) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, western (390) United Kingdom (235) Birmingham (11) University of Birmingham (11) Alumni (4) London (82) Queen Mary University (9) Long-term academic staff (2) Oxford (69) University of Oxford (69) Alumni (29) Sheffield (8) University of Sheffield (8) Short-term academic staff (3) North America (529) United States (521) Northeastern states (374) Connecticut (61) New Haven (61) Yale University (61) Long-term academic staff (28) 43. Affilliation with Secondary School 43. Affilliation with Secondary School Europe (60) Europe, western (50) United Kingdom (27) Birmingham (3) King Edward's School (2) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) E-P (571) N (352) National Academy of Sciences (334) P (109) Polish Academy of Sciences (22) R-T (460) R (448) Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium (20) Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (64) Royal Society (294) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards A-B (362) A (285) Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (84) C-D (404) C (272) Croonian Lecture (32) E-F (439) F (394) Feldberg Foundation (8) Fellow of the Royal Society (101) Q-Z (398) R (196) Royal Medal (50) complete name: John Vane nobel prize: medicine award year: 1982 together with: Sune Bergström together with: Bengt I. Samuelsson prize share: Prize share: 1/3 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1982 was awarded jointly to Sune K. Bergström, Bengt I. Samuelsson and John R. Vane "for their discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related biologically active substances." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: John family name: Vane occupation: university teacher occupation: pharmacologist occupation: biochemist field of work: pharmacology work location: Queen Mary, University of London, London, United Kingdom description: John Vane was an English pharmacologist who was instrumental in the understanding of how aspirin produces pain-relief and anti-inflammatory effects and his work led to new treatments for heart and blood vessel disease and introduction of ACE inhibitors. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1982 along with Sune Bergström and Bengt Samuelsson for "their discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related biologically active substances". image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1982. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1982/summary/> date birth: 1927 date death: 2004 usual name: John Vane