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The Nobel Prize for Understanding Autoimmune Disease

The Nobel Prize for Understanding Autoimmune Disease

Update: 2025-10-07
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The Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine was awarded to three scientists for their work in immunology.  Daniel Griffin, MD, PhD, Chief of Infectious Disease for Island Infectious Diseases, the largest physician-owned Infectious Disease Specialist Group on Long Island, an infectious disease specialist and clinical instructor of medicine at Columbia University and president of Parasites Without Borders and co-host of the podcast "This Week in Virology", explains their breakthrough and what it means for future treatments for autoimmune diseases, cancer, and more.

 

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The Nobel Prize for Understanding Autoimmune Disease

The Nobel Prize for Understanding Autoimmune Disease

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