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MEDICINE PRIZE2018

Nobel Prize Lessons

THE NOBEL PRIZE NOBEL PRIZE LESSONS THE NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE 2018

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Since 1901

“…the person who shall have made the most important discovery within the domain of physiology or medicine.”

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Who is rewarded with the medicine prize?

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People who have eithermade a discovery about howorganisms work or havehelped find a cure for a disease.

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Medicine Prize2018

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Treatment of cancer by releasing the brakes in our immune system.

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The Nobel Laureates“for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation”

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Cancer cells divide uncontrollably and form tumours.

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Cancer

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Methods of cancer therapy

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This year’s Laureates discovered and developed a new method for curing cancer.

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The immune system

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The immune system protectsus against infections. It consists of various kinds ofcells and molecules, includingso-called T cells. One funda-mental property of the immune system is that it cantell the difference betweenthe body's own cells and foreign cells, so that virusesand bacteria can be identified and destroyed, for example.

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James P. Allison’s discovery

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In 1994 the first experiments were made using antibodies on mice with cancer, and they were cured.

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Tasuku Honjo’sdiscovery

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In 2012, a clinical study showed very good results in treatment of several different types of cancer.

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The benefit

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More cases of cancer can be cured.

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FOR THE GREATEST BENEFIT TO HUMANKIND

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