2018 Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to cancer immunotherapy scientists

The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo, for their efforts in the development of cancer immunotherapy. In the 1990s, the two Laureates independently studied proteins that act as "brakes" on immune cells, and helped develop ways to lift those brakes to improve the immune system's effectiveness in fighting cancer.

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• Cancer
• Cells
• Immunotherapy
• Nobel prizes
• Protein
• The Immune System

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