2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to Brunkow, Ramsdell, and Sakaguchi
Summary
Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering regulatory T cells, advancing treatments for autoimmune diseases and cancer.
Key Points
- American scientists Mary Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell, and Japanese scientist Shimon Sakaguchi won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
- The award recognized their discoveries in peripheral immune tolerance, crucial for preventing autoimmune diseases and allowing effective immune defense.
- Their work identified regulatory T cells, immune system components that prevent the body from attacking itself.
- This breakthrough has paved the way for new treatments for autoimmune diseases and cancer.
- The Nobel Prize includes 11 million Swedish crowns and a gold medal presented by Sweden’s king.
