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Born June 14, 1868 • Vienna • Austria
Died June 26, 1943 (aged 75) • New York City • New York
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1930)
Notable Works “The Specificity of Serological Reactions”
Subjects Of Study ABO blood group system • blood group

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Peter C. Doherty
Australian scientist
Rolf M. Zinkernagel.
Rolf M. Zinkernagel
Swiss scientist
Bruce A. Beutler.
Bruce A. Beutler
American immunologist
James P. Allison
American immunologist
Baruj Benacerraf.
Baruj Benacerraf
American immunologist
George H. Whipple
George H. Whipple
American pathologist
Peyton Rous.
Peyton Rous
American pathologist
Bárány, Robert
Robert Bárány
Swedish otologist
Ehrlich, Paul
Paul Ehrlich
German medical scientist
Ralph M. Steinman.
Ralph M. Steinman
Canadian immunologist and cell biologist
Jules Hoffmann
Jules Hoffmann
French immunologist
Peter B. Medawar, 1960.
Sir Peter B. Medawar
British zoologist
Tonegawa Susumu
Japanese biologist
Georges J.F. Köhler
German immunologist
Niels K. Jerne
Danish immunologist
Tasuku Honjo
Japanese immunologist
Burnet, Sir Macfarlane
Sir Macfarlane Burnet
Australian physician
Jean Dausset.
Jean Dausset
French hematologist and immunologist
César Milstein
Argentine immunologist
Robin Warren
Australian pathologist

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