Health Check - Immune system researchers win Nobel Prize
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This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded for discoveries that explain how the immune system attacks hostile infections, but not the body's own cells. We explain the science that won Japan's Shimon Sakaguchi and US researchers Mary Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell the prestigious award.
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Presenter: Claudia Hammond
Producer: Katie Tomsett
Published on Wednesday, 8th October 2025.
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