Nobel Prize in Medicine

James P. Allison (USA) and Tasuku Honjo (JPN) have won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Medicine for their discovery that the body’s immune system can be harnessed to attack cancer cells


MEDICINE PRIZE IN NUMBERS

108 Nobel Prizes in Medicine awarded from 1901 to 2017

32 Age of youngest laureate, Frederick G. Banting, awarded in 1923 for discovery of insulin

12 Women awarded Medicine Prize to date

87 Age of oldest laureate, Peyton Rous, awarded in 1966 for discovery of tumour-inducing
viruses


Source: Nobelprize.org 
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