[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 170 (Friday, October 12, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1393-E1394]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    CONGRATULATING DR. JAMES P. ALLISON ON HIS 2018 NOBEL PRIZE IN 
                         PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE

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                           HON. FILEMON VELA

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 12, 2018

  Mr. VELA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of Dr. James P. Allison 
and his pioneering cancer research. Dr. Allison was awarded the 2018 
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for developing a new effective 
alternative cancer treatment, which targets the immune system instead 
of individual tumors.
  A native of Alice, in Texas' 34th Congressional District, Dr. Allison 
is a graduate of Alice High School. He earned both his B.S. (1969) and 
Ph.D. (1973) from the University of Texas at Austin. He completed his 
postdoctoral fellowship at the California-based Scripps Clinic and 
Research Foundation (1974-1977). Dr. Allison served as a faculty member 
at renowned institutions, including the University of Texas System 
Cancer Center (1977-1984), the University of California, Berkeley 
(1985-2004), and the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York 
(2004-2012).
  As a professor at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center 
since 2012, Dr. Allison is a leading expert both inside and outside of 
the classroom. His students look up to

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him as a role model and mentor. He is also a respected leader outside 
the classroom as his innovative research has proven. I am very proud of 
Dr. Allison's promising discovery in immunotherapy; it represents a 
significant advancement in cancer research and an opportunity to save 
countless lives.
  Mr. Speaker, thank you for the opportunity to honor Dr. James P. 
Allison of South Texas for his contributions to cancer research. I ask 
my colleagues to join me in thanking Dr. Allison for his life-changing 
work and congratulating him in advance of the Nobel ceremonies in 
December.

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