It’s been quite a week for one Seattle scientist, after getting an unexpected late-night call from a Swedish phone number last week.
That call turned out to bring good news: Dr. Mary Brunkow is sharing this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
She’s being honored for research she did decades ago; work that would eventually loom large in developing ways to treat autoimmune disease and cancer.
We’ve asked Dr. Brunkow to reflect a bit on what that work looks like in hindsight, and what it means to share this honor…
GUEST: Dr. Mary Brunkow
RELATED LINKS:
- She didn’t believe she won the Nobel — until a photographer showed up at her Seattle door
- Mary E. Brunkow – Facts – 2025 - NobelPrize.org
- UW alum awarded Nobel Prize in Medicine – Be Boundless
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