"En stimulant la capacité de notre système immunitaire à attaquer les cellules cancéreuses, les lauréats du prix Nobel cette année ont établi un tout nouveau principe pour soigner le cancer", a souligné l'Assemblée Nobel de l'Institut Karolinska à Stockholm. Chacun de leur côté, les deux scientifiques se sont évertués à "lâcher les freins" et "appuyer sur les bonnes pédales d'accélération" du système immunitaire de façon à lui permettre de "neutraliser des micro-organismes étrangers", a précisé le jury Nobel. James P. Allison (70 ans) professeur d'immunologie au Centre du cancer de l'Université du Texas et Tasuku Honjo, 76 ans, professeur à l'Université de Kyoto, avaient déjà reçu conjointement en 2014 le prix Tang, présenté comme la version asiatique des Nobels. Le Nobel de médecine était allé l'an dernier à trois généticiens américains dont l'étude de l'horloge biologique éclaire l'adaptation du corps au cycle du jour et de la nuit, les troubles du sommeil et leurs effets sur la santé. Après la médecine, suivront la physique mardi, la chimie mercredi et l'économie lundi 8 octobre. Le lauréat du Nobel de la paix sera dévoilé vendredi à Oslo. 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Tasuku Honjo s'engage à sauver le plus possible de vies « Je veux continuer ma recherche (...) afin que l'immunothérapie sauve plus de patients atteints du cancer que jamais. » (Tasuku Honjo) S'exprimant lors d'une conférence de presse tenue au sein de l'Université de Kyoto, où il enseigne, le scientifique a dit qu'il ressentait "une joie immense" quand quelqu'un lui disait avoir guéri de maladies graves grâce à son travail. "En plus de cela, je reçois ce prix. J'ai vraiment le sentiment d'être un homme chanceux", a-t-il ajouté au cours de cette conférence diffusée en direct par la chaîne publique NHK. Le Nobel de médecine,76 ans, a raconté avoir entendu la nouvelle alors qu'il était en train de discuter avec des collègues de travaux de recherche et que cela avait été pour lui "une totale surprise". "J'étais bien sûr très heureux, ravi, mais en même temps choqué", a-t-il ajouté.
