Three scientists have been awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine for their groundbreaking discoveries about how the immune system works, according to AP News, which covered the announcement from Stockholm. Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi won the prestigious award for their research on peripheral immune tolerance, a process that helps the body prevent its immune system from attacking its own tissues. The trio uncovered important information about regulatory T cells, which act like security guards in the body to keep other immune cells from going out of control.

Breakthroughs Transforming Immune Health

Their work is now being used to develop better treatments for autoimmune diseases like Type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and lupus. The research als

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