TOKYO -- Many Japanese children already knew what "regulatory T-cells" means when on Oct. 6 the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine was awarded for work on identifying the cells that play a crucial role in preventing allergies and inflammations.
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Japanese manga upstages Nobel Prize in popularizing 'regulatory T-cells'
This year's award for medicine gives major commercial boost to 'Cells at Work!' comic series
Shimon Sakaguchi, distinguished professor at Osaka University, has been awarded the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for the discovery of regulatory T-cells. The immune cells are also a key character in the manga series "Cells at Work!" (Source photos by Kyodo and Akitoshi Sugiura)
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