Medicine Nobel to trio who identified immune system's 'security guards'
A US-Japanese trio has won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for research into how the immune system is kept in check by identifying its 'security guards'. The discoveries by Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi have been decisive for understanding how the immune system functions and why we do not all develop serious autoimmune diseases.
The Nobel Prize in Medicine has been awarded to Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi for their research on the immune system. They identified the immune system's 'security guards', called regulatory T-cells, which prevent the immune system from harming the body. Sakaguchi made the first key discovery in 1995, while Brunkow and Ramsdell made another key discovery in 2001. Their work has led to a new field of research and potential medical treatments. The trio will receive their prize in Stockholm on December 10. Their research has the potential to treat or cure autoimmune diseases and provide more effective cancer treatments.
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