CURRENT UPDATE : NOBEL PRIZE FOR MEDICINE 2018

THE NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE 2018

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

James P. Allison Born: 7 August 1948, Alice, TX, USA Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA , Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, San Francisco, CA, USA Prize motivation: "for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation." Prize share: 1/2	Tasuku Honjo Born: 27 January 1942, Kyoto, Japan Affiliation at the time of the award: Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan Prize motivation: "for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation." Prize share: 1/2

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