2018

Press release

Swedish Pressmeddelande 2018-10-01 har idag beslutat att Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin år 2018 skall delas lika mellan James P. Allison och Tasuku Honjo för deras upptäckt av cancerbehandling genom hämning av immunförsvarets bromsmekanismer   SAMMANFATTNING Cancer är ett av vår tids största gissel och skördar miljontals liv varje år. Genom att förstärka immunsystemets inneboende…

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Press release

English Press release 2018-10-01 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 SUMMARY Cancer kills millions of people every year and is one of humanity’s greatest health challenges. By stimulating…

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Questions and Answers

“I am convinced that greater openness towards the outside world would be good for the Swedish Academy” The Swedish Academy has decided to postpone the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature. The Nobel Foundation supports the decision. Lars Heikensten, Executive Director of the Nobel Foundation, answers some questions concerning this decision: Photo: Kari Kohvakka Why will…

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