I think we’re in universal agreement when I say that we look forward to football season largely because it means Nobel season is right around the corner, right?
And with the first Nobel Prize of 2018, we’ve got the latest Nobel Prize affiliated with UC Berkeley.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded on Monday morning to Dr. James P. Allison and Dr. Tasuku Honjo for development of techniques that direct the immune system to attacking cancerous tumors.
This year’s #NobelPrize constitutes a landmark in our fight against cancer. The discovery made by the two Medicine Laureates takes advantage of the immune system’s ability to attack cancer cells by releasing the brakes on immune cells.