Jim Allison Won a Nobel Prize for His Cancer Breakthrough. But It Took Years for the Medical Community to Listen

Jim Allison is not quite what you’d picture when you think “world-renowned scientist.” He’s got the lab coat, sure. Not to mention the Nobel Prize he picked up in 2018 for his revolutionary work in the field of cancer treatment. But then he goes and does something you wouldn’t expect, like perform with fellow Texan Willie Nelson. (Allison plays blues harmonica and has known Nelson since the ’70s.) To paraphrase Mean Girls, he’s not a regular scientist;