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2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded jointly to James P Allison and Tasuku Honjo

October 1, 2018

The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to Dr. James P. Allison of the United States and Dr. Tasuku Honjo of Japan for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation. Both the doctors, working separately, showed in the 1990s how certain proteins act as “brakes” on ..

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