Afghanistan, Oct. 7 -- Three scientists won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine for discovering regulatory T cells, a breakthrough advancing treatments for autoimmune diseases, cancer, and transplant complications.
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Mary E. Branco, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi for their pioneering discovery of regulatory T cells and the mechanisms that govern the body's immune control. Their breakthrough has reshaped the field of immunology and paved the way for new therapies targeting autoimmune diseases, cancer, and complications from stem-cell transplants.
According to the Nobel Foundation's official announcement on Monday, October 6, the trio's research revealed how the immune syste...