Scientists win Nobel Prize for discovering why immune system does not destroy the body
Their work is being used to develop new treatments for autoimmune diseases and cancer.
They discovered "security guards" that eliminate parts of the immune system that could attack the body.
The prize is shared by Japan's Shimon Sakaguchi and US researchers Mary Brunko
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