The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025 is about our immune system. The immune system protects us from viruses, bacteria and other kinds of microorganisms. The Nobel laureates Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Simon Sakaguchi have discovered previously unknown immune cells, so-called regulatory T cells, that act as the immune system’s security guards and prevent immune cells from attacking our own body.
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