2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine:
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded for discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance. This recognition once again places immunology at the heart of modern biomedical science and public health – an area increasingly relevant for India’s healthcare and research landscape.Immunology is the branch of biomedical science that studies the body’s immune system – its organs, cells, and molecules that protect against infection, disease, and foreign substances. It explores how the immune system identifies and neutralizes pathogens such as viruses, bacteria, and parasites.It also examines how this system sometimes malfunctions, leading to autoimmune diseases, allergies, cancers, or organ transplant rejections.
