The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded to James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo for their discovery of cancer immunotherapy

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The Nobel Prize 2018 in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo for the discovery of immunotherapy as a powerful new weapon in the fight against cancer!

  • Read a summary of the award and the research (by The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet) via this link
  • Read an article in 'De Standaard' (in Dutch) via this link.

How immunotherapy works? Watch the motion comic about immunotherapy, Immuno-T, developed by CRIG researcher prof. Tessa Kerre.