James P. Allison

Awards

1. 2014

   Breakthrough Prize — Life Sciences

   Biology

   for the discovery of T cell checkpoint blockade as effective cancer therapy.

2. 2014

   Canada Gairdner International Award

   Biology

   For his discovery of immune checkpoint blockade and its successful application to immune therapy of cancer.

3. 2015

   Lasker Award — Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award

   Biology

   For the discovery and development of a monoclonal antibody therapy that unleashes the immune system to combat cancer.

4. 2017

   Wolf Prize — Medicine

   Biology

   for sparking a revolution in cancer therapy through (his) discovery of immune checkpoint blockade.

5. 2018

   Nobel Prize — Medicine

   Biology

   for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation