Breakthrough Discovery Wins 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for Three Scientists

Stockholm (The Uttam Hindu): The 2025 season of the Nobel Prizes, the world of science's most prestigious honor, has begun. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the winners of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in Stockholm on Monday. This year, the highest honor was jointly awarded to three scientists: Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi.

The three scientists were awarded this prize for their groundbreaking discoveries related to "peripheral immune tolerance." This discovery helps us understand how the body's immune system distinguishes between external threats and healthy cells within the body. This discovery is expected to revolutionize the treatment of arthritis, type 1 diabetes, and other autoimmune diseases.

With the start of Nobel Week, the world's attention is now focused on other awards. The winners of the Nobel Prizes in Physics will be announced on Tuesday, Chemistry on Wednesday, and Literature on Thursday. Following this, the much-anticipated Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on Friday, and the Nobel Prize in Economics will be announced on October 13th.

Nobel Prize winners receive a gold medal, a diploma, and prize money of 11 million Swedish kronor (about $1.2 million or ₹10 crore). The award has been given since 1901, based on the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite. All winners will be presented with the honor at a lavish ceremony in Stockholm on December 10, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.