NEW : Ralph Steinman remains the Nobel laureate , the committee says . Making the decision meant circumventing one of the Nobel rules . NEW : The prize is awarded to a person who has made an outstanding contribution in one of three fields - literature, peace, or physiology and medicine. Steinman , 68 , died days ago after extending his life with his own discoveries . The other half of the prize , and about $ 1.5 million , goes to Bruce Beutler and Jules Hoffmann .
NEW : Ralph Steinman remains the Nobel laureate , the committee says . NEW : The prize is awarded to a person who has made an outstanding contribution in one of three fields - literature, peace, or physiology and medicine. Steinman , 68 , died days ago after extending his life with his own discoveries . The other half of the prize , and about $ 1.5 million , goes to Bruce Beutler and Jules Hoffmann .