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Nobel Prize Awarded for Breakthroughs in Immune Tolerance

10/6/2025

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Nobel Prize for Immunology

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi for discoveries on peripheral immune tolerance.
Their work shows regulatory T cells prevent the immune system from attacking the body's own tissues.
The Nobel Assembly awarded 11 million Swedish kronor, to be shared equally.

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Nobel Prize for Immunology

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi for discoveries on peripheral immune tolerance.
Their work shows regulatory T cells prevent the immune system from attacking the body's own tissues.
The Nobel Assembly awarded 11 million Swedish kronor, to be shared equally.