TOKYO/OSAKA -- The Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for 2025 has been awarded to Shimon Sakaguchi, a distinguished professor at Osaka University, and two other scientists for the groundbreaking discovery of regulatory T-cells.
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Shimon Sakaguchi attends a press conference after being announced as a winner of the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine on Oct. 6. (Photo by Akitoshi Sugiura)
TOKYO/OSAKA -- The Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for 2025 has been awarded to Shimon Sakaguchi, a distinguished professor at Osaka University, and two other scientists for the groundbreaking discovery of regulatory T-cells.