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2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
October 2 , 2018
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- The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was jointly awarded to two immunologists James Allison of the U.S. and Tasuku Honjo of Japan.
- It was announced by Nobel Assembly at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute.
- They have won it for their discovery of Immune checkpoint therapy.
- They figured out how to help the patient's own immune system tackle the cancer more quickly.
- It contradicts with traditional forms of cancer treatment that directly target cancer cells.
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