TAIPEI: An American and a Japanese immunologist were named joint recipients of the Tang Prize on Thursday, touted as Asia’s version of the Nobels, for their contributions in the fight against cancer.

James Allison of the MD Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas, and Tasuku Honjo of Kyoto University beat out some 100 nominees from around the world to take the inaugural prize in the category of biopharmaceutical sciences.

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