(CNN) American James Allison and Japan's Tasuku Honjo have won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Medicine for a pioneering approach to cancer treatment. The Nobel committee said the pair's research -- which harnesses the body's immune system to attack cancer cells -- amounted to a "landmark in our fight against cancer." Releasing the brake allowed immune cells to attack tumors, he found. Nobel Laureate Tasuku Honjo, surrounded by his team at Kyoto University, immediately after hearing the news that he had been awarded the 2018 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine. "Cancer kills millions of people every year and is one of humanity's greatest health challenges," the Nobel committee said on Twitter.

Source: CNN October 01, 2018 10:02 UTC