Shimon Sakaguchi
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Shimon Sakaguchi (坂口 志文, Sakaguchi Shimon; born 19 January 1951) is a Japanese immunologist, a Distinguished Professor of Osaka University, and a Professor Emeritus of Kyoto University. His work includes the discovery of regulatory T cells and describing their role in the immune system. In 2025, he was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Mary E. Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell.
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2025 Nobel Prize in medicine: Elmhurst, IL native Frederick Ramsdell shares win with Mary E. Brunkow, Shimon Sakaguchi
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Nobel laureate Shimon Sakaguchi conducted postdoctoral studies at Johns Hopkins in the 1980s
Three scientists — 2 Americans, 1 Japanese — take home Nobel Prize in medicine for work on human immune system
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