The Tufts Daily

Nobel Prize awarded for discovery of the peacekeepers of our immune system

Each year, six Nobel Prizes are awarded in the fields of physiology or medicine, physics, chemistry, economics, literature ...

Nobel prize awarded for discovery of immune system’s ‘security guards’

The discovery of cells that prevent the immune system from hurting the body is paving the way for new treatments for ...

Discovery of cells that keep immune responses in check wins medicine Nobel Prize

Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi were awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday for their collective work in the discovery of specialized immune cells that roam ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Trio of Researchers Awarded Nobel Prize for Groundbreaking Discovery of Immune Cells That Prevent Autoimmune Disease

Nobel Committee Secretary-General Thomas Perlmann addresses journalists during an October 6 press conference announcing the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in Stockholm, Sweden. Jonathan ...
Scientific American

Cells Have a Crystal Trigger That Makes Them Self-Destruct When Viruses Invade

The immune system has a tough job: When a tiny virus invades one of our cells, that cell must detect it and, within minutes, ...