Immune System Research Earns Nobel Prize for Brunkow, Ramsdell and Sakaguchi (npr.org) 18
Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday for their discoveries about how the immune system regulates itself. The three researchers split 11 million Swedish kroner ($1.17 million). Their work identified regulatory T cells and the FOXP3 gene that controls them. Dr. Sakaguchi spent more than a decade solving a puzzle about the thymus. He discovered that the immune system has a backup mechanism to stop harmful cells from attacking the body's own tissues. Dr. Brunkow and Dr. Ramsdell found the specific gene responsible for this process while studying mice that developed severe autoimmune disease.
More than 200 clinical trials are now underway based on their research. Cancers attract regulatory T cells to block immune attacks. Researchers are developing drugs to turn the immune system against these cancer cells. In autoimmune diseases, regulatory T cells are missing or defective. The FOXP3 gene provides a starting point for drugs that teach the immune system to stop attacking itself.
More than 200 clinical trials are now underway based on their research. Cancers attract regulatory T cells to block immune attacks. Researchers are developing drugs to turn the immune system against these cancer cells. In autoimmune diseases, regulatory T cells are missing or defective. The FOXP3 gene provides a starting point for drugs that teach the immune system to stop attacking itself.
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Yes. I best everyone to the punch.
I'm number one! I'm number one!!!
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Excellent.
Special news bulletin on NHK (Score:3)
In Japan the announcement of the prize triggered interruptions in the regular program as the headline was shown at the top of the screen, and on the evening news it was the top story. The Japanese are real big on these things, though I can't say why.
And the FP was for what? Well, I guess there is a YOB angle, but that will be way down the pipeline and still speculative. Something like "And this Nobel-winning researcher left America when this research was defunded and cancelled back in 2025..." Correlation i
Wow, what a terrible choice. (Score:2, Troll)
Why didn't they bestow it onto doctor Ratfuck Jr. who is saving the richest part of the world from the evil of modern medicine?
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Not literature, simply fiction.
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Well, I'll just quote what JFK once said on the Internet.
"Tylenol doesn't cause autism and my nephew is an idiot".
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signed: Peter Weyland
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You are welcome to eliminate your relic of an immune system. Call us in a few years and tell us how that worked out for you.
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Grammar, punctuation, and capitalization are really NOT your enemies.
Uninportant (Score:2)
Nowadays we only bother about Peace Nobel. ... the other guy.
Either Cowboy Neal or