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Off-Grid Camper Fred Ramsdell Wins Nobel Prize

10/25/2025

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Ramsdell Wins Nobel

Fred Ramsdell, the 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine recipient, learned he had won on October 7, 2025, while camping off-grid in Wyoming.
He shared the prize with Mary Brunkow and Shimon Sakaguchi for their research on immune tolerance.
Ramsdell's wife initially thought the flood of messages announced a grizzly bear encounter.
He and Brunkow described humorous reactions when receiving the call from the Nobel committee.

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Ramsdell Advances Medicine

Fred Ramsdell, Mary Brunkow, and Shimon Sakaguchi are the 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine laureates for their research on regulatory T-cells, crucial for immune tolerance.
Their work identified a key gene essential for producing these cells.
John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis are the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics laureates.
They were recognized for demonstrating quantum mechanics in larger electrical circuits.

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Ramsdell Wins Nobel

Fred Ramsdell, the 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine recipient, learned he had won on October 7, 2025, while camping off-grid in Wyoming.
He shared the prize with Mary Brunkow and Shimon Sakaguchi for their research on immune tolerance.
Ramsdell's wife initially thought the flood of messages announced a grizzly bear encounter.
He and Brunkow described humorous reactions when receiving the call from the Nobel committee.

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