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Nobel prize in medicine awarded to trio for immune tolerance work

07. lokakuuta 2025 Raportoinut AI

The 2025 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi for discovering a key immune cell that prevents the body from attacking itself. Their work revealed regulatory T-cells and the FOXP3 gene's role in controlling autoimmune responses. This breakthrough has opened new avenues for treating autoimmune diseases and cancers.

FDA Approves Drug for Autoimmune Neuropathies

13. syyskuuta 2025 Raportoinut AI

The FDA approved a new drug for treating autoimmune neuropathies on September 9, 2025, accompanied by discoveries of new autoantibodies and effective complement inhibitors. This development ends 30 years of limited treatment progress in the field.