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1. www.nobelprize.org › prizes › medicineThe 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - Press ...

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   Oct 1, 2018 · Press release. 2018-10-01. 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.

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3. www.nature.com › articles › d41586/018/06751-0Cancer immunologists scoop medicine Nobel prize - Nature

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   Oct 1, 2018 · James Allison and Tasuku Honjo are honored for their discoveries of proteins that unleash the immune system to attack cancer cells. Their work led to the development of drugs that block PD-1 and CTLA-4, which have extended survival and cured some patients with various cancers.

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4. www.nobelprize.org › prizes › medicineThe Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2018 - NobelPrize.org

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   Tasuku Honjo. Prize share: 1/2. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2018 was awarded jointly to James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo "for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation". To cite this section. MLA style: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2018. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach AB 2024.

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   Oct 1, 2018 · Learn how the Nobel laureates discovered the molecular switches that control T cells and paved the way for new immunotherapy drugs. Find out how these drugs work, who can benefit from them and what challenges remain.

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   Oct 1, 2018 · Oct. 1, 2018. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded on Monday to James P. Allison of the United States and Tasuku Honjo of Japan for their work on unleashing the body’s immune ...

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   Jan 18, 2017 · The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo “for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation”.

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   Who are Dr Honjo and Dr Allison?

   • Dr. Honjo, 76, is a longtime professor at Kyoto University, where he did his landmark work. Previously, he did research at Osaka University, the University of Tokyo and the National Institutes of Health in Washington. Dr. Allison, 70, is chairman of immunology at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.

   2018 Nobel Prize in Medicine Awarded to 2 Cancer Immunotherapy

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   Who is Tasuku Honjo?

   • Tasuku Honjo was born in 1942 in Kyoto, Japan. In 1966 he became an MD, and from 1971-1974 he was a research fellow in USA at Carnegie Institution of Washington, Baltimore and at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. He received his PhD in 1975 at Kyoto University.

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   What did Tasuku Honjo discover?

   • 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.

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   What was cancer treatment before Dr Allison and Dr Honjo discovered?

   • Before Dr. Allison’s and Dr. Honjo’s discoveries, cancer treatment consisted of surgery, radiation, chemotherapy and hormonal treatments. A statement from the Nobel committee hailed their accomplishments as establishing “an entirely new principle for cancer therapy.”

   2018 Nobel Prize in Medicine Awarded to 2 Cancer Immunotherapy

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10. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › 31783990Immune checkpoint inhibitors win the 2018 Nobel Prize

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    The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Tasuku Honjo and James Allison for their discoveries in cancer immunology. Professor Honjo was awarded due to his discovery of the programmed death molecule-1 (PD-1) on T cells. Professor Allison discovered another important immunosuppressive molecule: cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen ...