Won three scientists are Bruce Boitler from the United States, and Jules Hoffman of Luxembourg, and Ralf Steinmann from Canada, the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2011 a reward for their work in the area of the immune system, and that before he announced at a later date for the death of Steinmann three days ago.
The Nobel Committee said in a statement that the winners of the Nobel Prize for this year have made a revolution in the understanding of the immune system, and the President regarding the principles of being discovered to activate it.
And allows the immune system of the body to defend itself, where release molecules of antibodies and killer cells in response to an attack from viruses or bacteria.
This research and pave the way for new drugs, and allow to address deficiencies in the immune system such as asthma and "Crohn's" and rheumatoid arthritis.
The Nobel Committee explained that the work of these scientists to open new horizons for the development of prevention and treatment of inflammation and cancer.
Will share "Boitler" and "Hoffman" half of the prize estimated at over one million euros, for their work on the innate immune system, is rewarded with "Steinmann" access to the remaining half for his discoveries in the field of the acquired immune system.
Later, the committee announced its decision to the donor of the award that Steinmann, died last Friday of 68-year-old died from pancreatic cancer, which is confirmed by the news of the Rockefeller University, the U.S. works where the world winner.
Did not provide details of the Nobel Committee for more news, not for the fate of the deceased's share of the world award.
It is noteworthy that the season of Nobel prizes for 2011 opened on Monday in Stockholm to declare winners of Medicine, followed by Physics prize on Tuesday, chemistry on Wednesday, literature on Thursday, or Thursday next, then the economy on October 10 / October.
The most awards in anticipation of, a peace prize, the winner will be announced by Friday, October 7 / October in Oslo, and may be of a share of the faces of "Arab spring" according to the weights.