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  "id": 12095950,
  "title": "The Nobel Prize week is kicking off in Stockholm with the medicine award",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/the-nobel-prize-week-is-kicking-off-in-stockholm-with-the-medicine",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-05T07:02:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Winnipeg Free Press",
    "slug": "winnipeg-free-press",
    "url": "https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/health/2026/10/05/the-nobel-prize-week-is-kicking-off-in-stockholm-with-the-medicine-award"
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  "account": "Stockholm is hosting the start of this year's Nobel Prize week, with the medicine award being presented at the Karolinska Institute on Monday. Three scientists, Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Dr. Shimon Sakaguchi, won the prize for their groundbreaking research on the immune system's ability to distinguish between foreign pathogens and the body's own tissues, preventing autoimmune diseases such as Type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and lupus.",
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    "Nobel Prize week begins in Stockholm",
    "Medicine award presented at Karolinska Institute",
    "Three scientists win for immune system research"
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  "editors_take": "This year's Nobel Prize in medicine recognises a crucial advance in understanding immune tolerance, offering new avenues for tackling diseases where the body's defences mistakenly attack its own cells.",
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