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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
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Soundside is a production of KUOW in Seattle, a proud member of the NPR Network.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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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:
Thank you to the supporters of KUOW, you help make this show possible! If you want to help out, go to kuow.org/donate/soundsidenotes
Soundside is a production of KUOW in Seattle, a proud member of the NPR Network.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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