Hiking Nobel laureate finally learns of his prize | International

The paper said Ramsdell had tried returning the call of Thomas Perlmann, theNobel Assembly secretary-general, but it was too late in Sweden. They finallyconnected Tuesday morning. On Monday, Sonoma Biotherapeutics, Ramsdell's lab, had told AFP the scientistwas "living his best life" on an "off the grid" hiking journey. Ramsdell's friend and colleague Jeffrey Bluestone, who co-founded the lab,told AFP he couldn't reach him either. Ramsdell shares the prize with Mary Brunkow of Seattle, Washington and ShimonSakaguchi of Osaka University in Japan for their discoveries related to thefunctioning of the immune system. The 64-year-old told...