Tag: Peripheral immune tolerance
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Nobel Medicine Laureate Off the Grid: The Prize News Delayed by a Hiking Escape
Introduction: A Prize Announcement Hurdled by a Remote Escape The Nobel committee’s announcement for this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has run into an unusual obstacle. One of the laureates, Fred Ramsdell, is said to be living his best life on an off-the-grid hiking foray, temporarily unreachable as the committee attempts to share…
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Nobel Prize in Medicine Finishes With Hidden Laureate: Off-Grid Hiking Keeps Winner Out of Reach
Overview: Nobel Prize in Medicine Finds Laureate in the Backcountry The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to a trio whose work on the immune system’s regulatory T-cells has reshaped our understanding of peripheral immune tolerance. Yet this year’s ceremony carried an unusual wrinkle: one of the laureates remains unreachable, allegedly living…
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Nobel Medicine Laureates Reach While One Wins in the Backcountry: Off-Grid Hiking Delays News
Off-Grid Quiet Delays Stun Nobel Circles The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine this year has taken an unusual turn as one of the laureates appears to be unreachable for the moment. The Nobel committee announced that the winner, a key contributor to the discovery of regulatory T-cells, is currently in an off-grid hiking expedition.…
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Medicine Nobel Winners Map Immune System’s Security Guards
What the Nobel Prize Recognizes The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to a US-Japanese trio for breakthroughs in understanding how the immune system remains balanced. The laureates—Mary Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell from the United States and Shimon Sakaguchi of Japan—identified the immune system’s “security guards,” known as regulatory T-cells. This discovery…