“... the work that’s being honored by the {{w|Nobel Prize}} was done 25 to 30 years ago, and I haven’t really worked in that field since. That right there was such a surprise to hear that the work was being recognized in that way. I mean, 25 years ago, I knew that what we had done was important and it was pretty cool. But it wasn’t until two months ago, when I started looking more closely back at what’s happened in the intervening 25 years, that I really realized what the impact of what we did has had on how you can think about treating things like {{w|autoimmune disease}}s and cancer.”