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Two researchers got nobel prize in medicine for discovering a mechanism to make immune system enable to fight cancer

James Allison and Tasuku Honjo discovered proteins that ‘brake’ the immune system.Both were working since 1990.

Illustration of James P Allison and Tasuku Honjo. Image Courtesy:Nobel Assembly
Dr. Allison, 70, is the chairman of immunology,University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. 
Dr. Honjo, 76, is professor,Kyoto University. 
The two will share the roughly $1.01 million prize money.

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