Candidates in different fields are being evaluated for the Nobel Prizes

It is noted that if the Nobel Committee focuses on a different field, stem cell research on skin regeneration and wound healing may also be chosen.

According to Annika Ostman, science correspondent for the Swedish public broadcaster SR, American cell biologist Elaine Fuchs and her British colleague Fiona Watt are considered among the pioneers of this field.

Another possibility is the imaging technique called optical coherence tomography, which does not require surgical intervention.

This method, which creates high-resolution cross-sectional images of biological tissues, especially the retina and optic nerve, using reflected light, enables physicians to diagnose and monitor diseases.

Adhesion receptors in the immune system, identified by American immunologist Timothy Springer, are also among the areas evaluated.

These receptors, which allow immune cells to attach to blood vessels, enter tissues and reach infection sites, are considered one of the main targets in directing body defenses and in the treatment of various inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.

Breast cancer research and DNA sequencing methods used in the fight against coronavirus are also among the other candidates.

The medicine award will be followed by the physics award tomorrow and the chemistry award on Wednesday.

It is rumored that the Swedish Academy may choose a female writer from Latin America this year for the literary award to be announced on Thursday, following the award given to Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai last year.

Literary critic Lina Kalmteg stated that 48-year-old Argentinian writer Samanta Schweblin could be a strong option.

The names of Antigua-American writer Jamaica Kincaid, Chinese Can Xue, Australian Gerald Murnane and Alexis Wright, American Thomas Pynchon and Mexican Cristina Rivera Garza are also mentioned in the literary circles.

The peace prize, the only Nobel category announced in Oslo, will find its winner on Friday. After Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado won the award last year, some experts state that this year the jury may choose a name that provides wider consensus.

US President Donald Trump, who made intense efforts to receive the award last year, is expected to follow the process closely this year as well; Machado gave the Nobel medal he received last year to Trump.

Nobel Committee Secretary Kristian Berg Harpviken touched on the initiatives against the committee in an interview with AFP and said, "There is always a lot of lobbying and ultimately attempts to put pressure on the committee. We are very used to this."

Among the prominent candidates for the peace prize, the Save the Children organization and the rights activist Mykola Kuleba, who worked to bring back Ukrainian children taken from the regions occupied by Russia, are considered as a joint candidate.

Emergency Response Rooms (ERR), a large volunteer network in Sudan struggling with war and hunger, and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), after 2025, when the loss of life for journalists reaches the highest level, are also among the candidates.

The Nobel season will end with the economics prize to be announced on October 12.