Nobel Prize in Medicine Awarded for Immune System Research to Princeton Alumna and Trio of Scientists
TL;DR
The Nobel committee awarded Fred Ramsdell, Mary Brunkow, and Shimon Sakaguchi the Nobel Prize in Medicine for their discoveries related to immune system regulation, but has been unable to contact Ramsdell, who is off the grid hiking, highlighting challenges in reaching laureates. The work focuses on regulatory T-cells and peripheral immune tolerance, leading to new medical research and treatments.
- Nobel committee unable to reach prize winner who is ‘living his best life’ hiking off grid The Guardian
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded for Work on Immune Systems The New York Times
- Nobel Prize in medicine goes to trio of scientists for discovering how the immune system is kept in check CNN
- The medicine Nobel Prize goes to 3 scientists for work on peripheral immune tolerance NPR
- Princeton alumna Mary Brunkow *91 receives Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Princeton University
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