Trio gets Nobel Prize in Medicine for work on immune system

File photo: Mary Brunkow, Shimon Sakaguchi and Fred Ramsdell STOCKHOLM: US scientists Mary Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi from Japan won the 2025 Nobel Prize for medicine Monday for work shedding light on how the immune system spares healthy cells, creating openings for possible new cancer and autoimmune disease treatments.Their work laid the […]

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Nobel Prize 2025: Three scientists share Physiology or Medicine award; honored for discoveries on peripheral immune tolerance

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi for their groundbreaking “discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance that prevents the immune system from harming the body.“The Nobel Assembly at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute announced the award on Monday, recognising the trio for their pioneering work […]

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