Nobel prize goes to cancer treatment pioneers who saved ‘untold number of lives’One cancer doctor said “an untold number of lives … have been saved by the science that they pioneered”. Watch the moment the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is announced. pic.twitter.com/uSV5gp6A5P — The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 1, 2018Their parallel work concerned proteins that act as brakes on the body’s immune system. One of Mr Carter’s treatments was a drug that blocked the immune-cell “brake” studied by Mr Honjo. Former US President Jimmy Carter successfully received the pioneering treatment (Neil Hall/AP)In other Nobel Prize announcements, the physics prize will be announced on Tuesday, followed by chemistry on Wednesday and the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.

Source: Irish Independent October 01, 2018 14:15 UTC