March 28, 2024

Health & Fitness

Nobel Prize for Medicine goes to cancer researchers from US, Japan

October 01, 2018 05:09 PM



Stockholm, James P. Allison of the US and Tasuku Honjo of Japan were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday for their pioneering work in the fight against cancer.

The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet recognised the pair "for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation", reports Efe.

Have something to say? Post your comment