SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — A UC San Diego alum is among the recipients of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his innovative research on the immune system.
According to the university’s press release, Fred Ramsdell graduated from UCSD in 1983 with a degree in Biochemistry and Cell Biology. Mary Brunkow and Shimon Sakaguchi were the other two scientists honored with the award. Their research led to new discoveries on previously unrecognized molecular and cellular mechanisms, transforming our understanding of how the body safeguards its immune system by stopping immune cells from attacking the body’s own tissues.
Thanks to the research, there’s now a range of possible new treatments for debilitating autoimmune diseases, including type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, UCSD says…