Backgrounder: Latest winners of Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

STOCKHOLM, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Japanese scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi wins the 2016 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, the committee announced Monday.

The following is a list of winners of the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine since 2006:

2016: Yoshinori Ohsumi (Japan);

2015: Tu Youyou (China), William Campbell (Ireland), and Satoshi Omura (Japan);

2014: John O'Keefe (U.S.), May-Britt Moser (Norway), Edvard Moser (Norway);

2013: James E. Rothman (U.S.), Randy W. Schekman (U.S.), Thomas C. Sudhof (Germany);

2012: John B. Gurdon (Britain), Shinya Yamanaka (Japan);

2011: Bruce A. Beutler (U.S.), Jules A. Hoffmann (Luxembourg and France), Ralph M. Steinman (Canada and U.S.);

2010: Robert G. Edwards (Britain);

2009: Elizabeth H. Blackburn (U.S. and Australia), Carol W. Greider (U.S.), Jack W. Szostak (U.S.);

2008: Harald zur Haussen (Germany), Francoise Barre-Sinoussi (France), Luc Montagnier (France);

2007: Mario Capecchi (U.S.), Oliver Smithies (U.S.), Martin Evans (Britain);

2006: Andrew Z. Fire (U.S.), Craig C. Mello (U.S.);