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An illustration of James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo provided by the Nobel Assembly. Photograph: Nobel AssemblyAn illustration of James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo provided by the Nobel Assembly. Photograph: Nobel Assembly

Oct. 1, 2018 -- STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -- American James Allison and Japanese Tasuku Honjo won the 2018 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discoveries leading to new approaches in harnessing the immune system to fight cancer, the award-giving body said on Monday.

“Allison and Honjo showed how different strategies for inhibiting the brakes on the immune system can be used in the treatment of cancer,” the Nobel Assembly at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute said, on awarding the prize of 9 million Swedish crowns ($1 million).

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