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Also Known As Ilya Ilich Mechnikov
Born May 16, 1845 • near Kharkiv • Ukraine
Died July 16, 1916 (aged 71) • Paris • France
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1908) • Copley Medal (1906)
Subjects Of Study phagocytosis

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Theiler, Max
Max Theiler
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Thomas Hunt Morgan
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Watson, James
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Peter B. Medawar, 1960.
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Elizabeth Blackburn
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Carol W. Greider
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