The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025 explained!

<p>Have you ever wondered how our immune system finds the balance in attacking invading viruses and bacteria that try to enter our bodies, but not attacking our own body cells? </p><p>The groundbreaking discoveries concerning this topic, called &#39;peripheral immune tolerance&#39;, by <strong>Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi </strong>were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025! It tells us a lot about how the immune system functions in health and disease!</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, we dive into:</p><ul><li>the discoveries that led to winning this year&#39;s Nobel Prize, </li><li>Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi&#39;s journey to get to these discoveries,</li><li>what impact these discoveries have had in the past, still have now, and will have in the future!</li></ul><p><br></p><p>This podcast episode was created based on the Popular Science Background and Scientific Background published on nobelprize.org . If you are interested in learning more, read here: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2025/press-release/</p>