James Patrick Allison is an American immunologist and Nobel laureate who holds the position of professor and chair of immunology and executive director of immunotherapy platform at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. Allison is Regental Professor and Founding-Director of James P. Allison Institute at the MD Anderson Cancer Center. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2018, announced October 1, 2018. James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo, “for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation”. James P. Allison: born 1948, Alice, TX, USA. Tasuku Honjo: born 1942, Kyoto, Japan. Wiki link Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).