वैद्यकीय क्षेत्रातील नोबेल पुरस्काराची घोषणा

वैद्यकीय आणि मानसशास्त्र क्षेत्रातील यंदाचा नोबेल पुरस्कार संशोधक जेम्स पी. अॅलीसन आणि तासुकू होन्लो यांना संयुक्तरित्या जाहीर करण्यात आला आहे. कर्करोगाशी संबंधित संशोधनासाठी त्यांना हा पुरस्कार देण्यात येत आहे. आजपासून नोबेल पुरस्काराच्या घोषणांची सुरूवात करण्यात आली असून यापुढे प्रत्येक क्षेत्रातील पुरस्काराची घोषणा केली जाणार आहे. करोलिंस्का इन्स्टिट्यूटमधील नोबेल असेंब्लीमध्ये सोमवारी २०१८ च्या मानसशास्त्र किंवा वैद्यकीय क्षेत्रातील नोबेल पुरस्कारासाठी जेम्स पी. अॅलीसन आणि तासुकू होन्लो यांची निवड करण्यात आली.

 

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BREAKING NEWS The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has today decided to award the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo “for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation.” Cancer kills millions of people every year and is one of humanity’s greatest health challenges. By stimulating the inherent ability of our immune system to attack tumour cells this year’s Nobel Laureates have established an entirely new principle for cancer therapy. James P. Allison studied a known protein that functions as a brake on the immune system. He realised the potential of releasing the brake and thereby unleashing our immune cells to attack tumours. He then developed this concept into a brand new approach for treating patients. In parallel, Tasuku Honjo discovered a protein on immune cells and, after careful exploration of its function, eventually revealed that it also operates as a brake, but with a different mechanism of action. Therapies based on his discovery proved to be strikingly effective in the fight against cancer. Allison and Honjo showed how different strategies for inhibiting the brakes on the immune system can be used in the treatment of cancer. The seminal discoveries by the two laureates constitute a landmark in our fight against cancer. . . . #breakingnews #nobelprize #nobelprizeannouncement #science #nobellaureate

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