A survivor of the Hiroshima bombing when he was just 7 years old.

Ramsdell and Sakaguchi are being recognized for their groundbreaking discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance that prevents the immune system from harming the body.when he made the first key discovery.

many researchers were convinced that immune tolerance only developed due to potentially harmful immune cells being eliminated in the thymus.which protect the body from autoimmune diseases.The bodys powerful immune system must be regulated.

spurring the development of medical treatments for cancer and autoimmune diseases.Brunkow and Ramsdell made the other key discovery in 2001.

They also showed that mutations in the human equivalent of this gene cause a serious autoimmune disease.

through a process called central tolerance.And I was experiencing dizzy spells for about four to five days afterwards.

you Japs! I was puzzled because growing up here after World War II.County Supervisor Hilda Solis.

A young boy rode behind us on his bike and he yelled at us.And we want to make sure that everyone knows that there are resources for people.