Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2018

James P. Allison

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Prize share: 1/2

Tasuko Honjo

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Prize share: 1/2

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2018 was awarded jointly to James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo "for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation"

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