2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine: Breakthroughs in Peripheral Immune Tolerance Lead to New Cancer and Autoimmune Disease Treatments

Oct 06, 2025 05:50 pm CST

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi for their groundbreaking discoveries on peripheral immune tolerance. Their research has established a new field of study and catalyzed the development of innovative treatments for cancer and autoimmune diseases, continuing the Nobel tradition of recognizing transformative contributions to medical science.