The Nobel week of 2025 began with the announcement of the laureates of the prize in the field of physiology or medicine. They were Americans Mary Bruncko and Fred Ramsdell and Japanese Shimon Sakaguchi "for their discoveries regarding peripheral immune tolerance."
About the importance of the discoveries made, their practical significance for regulating the human immune system, the role of regulatory T cells in harmonizing immunity, and the achievements of Ukrainian scientists in the field of immunology – in the new episode of the program "About Science. Competently," which is broadcast on the YouTube channel of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
The author and host of the program is the Vice President of the NAS of Ukraine, academician Volodymyr Seminozhenko.
The guest of the studio is the head of the Department of Clinical Immunology and Allergology of the Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, corresponding member of the NAS of Ukraine Valentyna Chopiak.
Videos of all previous episodes of the program "About Science. Competently" – at the link.