It’s the time of year when leading scientists might not want to let any calls go to voicemail.
Prizes in chemistry, physics, and physiology or medicine, established by Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel more than a century ago, will be announced next week, along with prizes in peace and literature.
The awards are a pinnacle of scientific achievement. But predicting who will win is largely guesswork.
The short list and nominators remain a secret, and documents revealing the details of the selection process for the accolades are sealed from public view for 50 years.
There is, however, no shortage of worthy scientific advances from which the Nobel Prize committees can pick. Here are five life-changing breakthroughs and discoveries that experts think are Nobel-worthy.
Groundbreaking treatments for obesity
GLP-1 medications have reshaped the therapeutic treatment of adults with diabetes and obesity. Doctors use Ozempic to treat type 2 diabetes, but it's often prescribed off-label for weight loss. Steve Christo/Corbis/Getty Images
The development of blockbuster type-2 diabetes and weight-loss drugs that mimic a hormone called glucagon-like peptide 1, or GLP-1, has shaken up the world of health care.
One in 8 people in the world live with obesity — a figure
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