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South City scientist’s work on immune system earns Nobel award
A Bay Area-based scientist has been awarded one of the world’s highest honors in medicine, The Nobel Foundation announced early Monday morning. Frederick Ramsdell, an immunologist and research leader at Sonoma Biotherapeutics in South San...

Scientist who graduated from Portland high school wins Nobel Prize in medicine
A molecular biologist who grew up in Portland is one of the three researchers who won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for discoveries about how the immune system knows to attack germs and not our own bodies. Mary E. Brunkow graduated from St....
Seattle scientist among medicine Nobel Prize winners for work on peripheral immune tolerance
STOCKHOLM — Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance. Brunkow, 64, is a senior program manager at the Institute for Systems Biology...

Why are there so many fruit flies in Seattle right now?
SEATTLE - Have you noticed fruit flies buzzing around more than usual in Seattle? From grocery stores to kitchen sinks, these tiny pests seem to pop up everywhere this time of year, hovering near anything even remotely sweet. Late summer is peak...

BOO Seattle 2025: What to know about the Halloween EDM festival at WAMU Theater
SEATTLE - Seattle's biggest EDM festival with even bigger names is back at the WAMU Theater this Halloween weekend for BOO Seattle 2025. The unique, spooky-themed electronic music event returns Friday, Oct. 31 and Saturday, Nov. 1. BOO Seattle is...

How to go to postSEAson Seattle Mariners watch parties at T-Mobile Park
The city of Seattle is celebrating the start of playoff baseball by raising the Mariners flag atop the Space Needle Saturday. SEATTLE - The Seattle Mariners are heading into games 3 and 4 of the ALDS series over in Detroit, Michigan. Fans back at...
Two Des Moines University (DMU) Students Complete Externships in Prestigious Clinical Research Program
WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (October 6, 2025) — This summer, Alisa Pairmore and Ethan Kau, both second-year students in Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences' Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine program, completed externships in the Robert A....

Scientist originally from Elmhurst, Illinois wins Nobel Prize in medicine
A native of the west Chicago suburb of Elmhurst is one of three scientists awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Medicine, for discovering how the immune system is kept in check. Elmhurst native Fred Ramsdell, 64, is a scientific adviser for Sonoma...

Furious animal lovers left thousands out of pocket after 'disaster' pet show in 'ghost town' London Olympia - with one celebrity speaker left addressing crowd of TWO people
Disappointed vendors claim they are thousands out of pocket after signing up to a 'disaster' pet show that failed to attract the 20,000 visitors promised. London Pet Show Live 2025, held at Olympia London at the weekend, was hailed by organisers...

Seattle Scientist Wins Nobel Prize In Medicine
FILE - A visitor reads a book written by South Korean author Han Kang, this year's winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, at a special section of a bookstore in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File) STOCKHOLM...

Three Scientists Win 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine for Discovery of Regulatory T Cells
Three scientists won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine for discovering regulatory T cells, a breakthrough advancing treatments for autoimmune diseases, cancer, and transplant complications. The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been...

Seattle scientist shares Nobel Prize in medicine for work on the human immune system
SEATTLE — A Seattle scientist was among three who won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for their work on the human immune system. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025 was awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon...

Nobel prize 2025 in medicine awarded for immune system research
American scientists Mary Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi from Japan won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday for work shedding light on how the immune system spares healthy cells, creating openings for possible...

New Avalanche Technology Promises Safer, Faster Winter Travel Over Snoqualmie Pass This Winter
SNOQUALMIE PASS – Travelers heading over Interstate 90 this winter can expect safer conditions and faster reopening times during storms, thanks to new remote avalanche control technology installed by the Washington State Department of...
Info-Tech Research Introduces AI, Cybersecurity, and IT Training
Research and advisory firm Info-Tech Research Group has introduced LEVEL-UP, a series of half-day, on-site training sessions that are free to IT professionals. Topics covered in the training series, which the company says build on its LIVE and...

world Immune system breakthrough wins Nobel medicine prize for US and Japan scientists
STOCKHOLM - American scientists Mary Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi from Japan won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday (Oct 6) for work shedding light on how the immune system spares healthy cells, creating...

Medicine Nobel goes to trio for immune system research
A US-Japanese trio yesterday won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for research into how the immune system is kept in check by identifying its "security guards", the Nobel jury said. The discoveries by Mary Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell of the United States...

Nobel Prize in medicine goes to 3 scientists for work on immune system
Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Dr. Shimon Sakaguchi won the Nobel Prize in medicine yesterday for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance. Brunkow, 64, is a senior program manager at the Institute for Systems Biology in...

Nobel Prize in medicine goes to three scientists for work on immune system
Open this photo in gallery:Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi are awarded this year's Nobel Prize in in Physiology or Medicine at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm.Claudio Bresciani/Reuters American scientists Mary Brunkow and Fred...
American scientists win Nobel Prize for immune system discovery
West Coast scientists Mary E. Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell have won the 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, according to a Monday release from the Nobel Foundation. The pair and their partner, Japanese scientist Shimon Sakaguchi, won the...