“I believe this will encourage immunologists and physicians to apply T regulatory cells to treat various immunological diseases.”
This year’s Nobel Prize laureate, Shimon Sakaguchi, discovered a new class of T cells that protect the body from autoimmune diseases.
Just after the prize announcement we spoke to him about the fundamental research question that kept him dedicated to the field long after many others gave up.
Listen to our interview with the happy and surprised laureate:
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Doing science today feels like playing a video game on legendary difficulty.
With shrinking budgets, extreme publication fees, subjective rejections, and daily lab chaos, the path of a scientist is tougher than ever.
At least we have Parafilm to hold it all together.
Stay strong!
India’s first indigenous CAR-T therapy is now peer-reviewed in @TheLancetHaem , showing a 73% response rate—marking a breakthrough in accessible, cutting-edge cancer treatment.