Press release

English Press release 2018-10-01 has today decided to award the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation SUMMARY Cancer kills millions of people every year and is one of humanity’s greatest health challenges. By stimulating…

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Lars Heikensten interview

Questions and Answers

“I am convinced that greater openness towards the outside world would be good for the Swedish Academy” The Swedish Academy has decided to postpone the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature. The Nobel Foundation supports the decision. Lars Heikensten, Executive Director of the Nobel Foundation, answers some questions concerning this decision: Photo: Kari Kohvakka Why will…

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