The Nobel Prize 2018 was awarded for their discovery of Immune Checkpoint Therapy i.e. Cancer Therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation.
This research has established a entirely new approach to treat Cancer. Positive results have been observed in Cancer patients. Nobel Prize in Physiology or medicine is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by Alfred Nobel. It is awarded yearly for outstanding discoveries in the field of life Sciences and medicine.
It is presented by Nobel Assembly at Korolinska Institute in Sweden, a medical school and research Center.
First Awardin this field was given in 1901 to German physiologist Emilvon Behring for his serum therapy.
The first woman to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine was Gerty Cori in 1947 for her role in elucidating the metabolism of glucose.
