Nobel Prize in Medicine honors research on the immune system

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine has been awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi. Their fundamental research details how the human body regulates its immune system. They have identified "regulatory T cells", key elements that maintain the immune balance, enabling the body to defend itself against pathogens while avoiding attacking its own tissues. This breakthrough opens up avenues for the development of new therapies.