1980s in medicine

none This is a list of events associated with medicine in the 1980s. 1980 October 10: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is jointly awarded to Baruj Benacerraf, Jean Dausset and George D. Snell "for their discoveries concerning genetically determined structures on the cell surface that regulate immunological reactions".Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1980 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1980/press-release/ 2025-12-29 NobelPrize.org en-US 1981 October 09: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is jointly awarded to Roger W. Sperry "for his discoveries concerning the functional specialization of the cerebral hemispheres" as well as David H. Hubel and Torsten N. Wiesel "for their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system".Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1981 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1981/press-release/ 2025-12-29 NobelPrize.org en-US 1982 October 11: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is jointly awarded to Sune K. Bergström, Bengt I. Samuelsson and John R. Vane "for their discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related biologically active substances".Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1982 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1982/press-release/ 2025-12-29 NobelPrize.org en-US 1983 1983 West Bank fainting epidemic The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded to Barbara McClintock "for her discovery of mobile genetic elements".Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1983 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1983/press-release/ 2025-12-29 NobelPrize.org en-US 1984 The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is jointly awarded to Niels K. Jerne, Georges J. F. Köhler and César Milstein "for theories concerning the specificity in development and control of the immune system and the discovery of the principle for production of monoclonal antibodies.Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1984 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1984/press-release/ 2025-12-29 NobelPrize.org en-US February 01: Australia introduces the Medicare program, a universal healthcare program.Medicare starts - Parliamentary Education Office https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/history-of-parliament/history-milestones/australian-parliament-history-timeline 2026-01-03 peo.gov.au en 1985 The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is jointly awarded to Michael S. Brown and Joseph L. Goldstein "for their discoveries concerning the regulation of cholesterol metabolism".Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1985 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1985/press-release/ 2025-12-29 NobelPrize.org en-US 1986 The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is jointly awarded to Stanley Cohen and Rita Levi-Montalcini "for their discoveries of growth factors".Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1985 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1985/press-release/ 2025-12-29 NobelPrize.org en-US 1987 1987 Carroll County cryptosporidiosis outbreak The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded to Susumu Tonegawa "for his discovery of the genetic principle for generation of antibody diversity".Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1987 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1987/press-release/ 2025-12-29 NobelPrize.org en-US 1988 The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is jointly awarded to James W. Black, Gertrude B. Elion and George H. Hitchings "for their discoveries of important principles for drug treatment".Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1988 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1988/press-release/ 2025-12-29 NobelPrize.org en-US 1989 1989–1990 flu epidemic in the United Kingdom The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is jointly awarded to J. Michael Bishop and Harold E. Varmus "for their discovery of the cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes".Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1989 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1989/press-release/ 2025-12-29 NobelPrize.org en-US See also 1980s in science and technology 1970s in medicine 1990s in medicine Timeline of medicine and medical technology References Category: 1980s in medicine Category: 1980s in science Category: Medicine timelines