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Georges J.F. Köhler
German immunologist
Ehrlich, Paul
Paul Ehrlich
German medical scientist
Bruce A. Beutler.
Bruce A. Beutler
American immunologist
Ralph M. Steinman.
Ralph M. Steinman
Canadian immunologist and cell biologist
Jules Hoffmann
Jules Hoffmann
French immunologist
Schwartz, Michal
Michal Schwartz
Israeli neuroimmunologist
Mukherjee, Siddhartha
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Indian-born American physician, scientist, and writer
Karl Landsteiner.
Karl Landsteiner
Austrian immunologist and pathologist
Peter B. Medawar, 1960.
Sir Peter B. Medawar
British zoologist
Tonegawa Susumu
Japanese biologist
Baruj Benacerraf.
Baruj Benacerraf
American immunologist
Rolf M. Zinkernagel.
Rolf M. Zinkernagel
Swiss scientist
Niels K. Jerne
Danish immunologist
Burnet, Sir Macfarlane
Sir Macfarlane Burnet
Australian physician
Frazer, Ian; Gardasil
Ian Frazer
Scottish-born Australian immunologist
Jean Dausset.
Jean Dausset
French hematologist and immunologist
James P. Allison
American immunologist
Anthony Fauci
Anthony Fauci
American immunologist
Drew Weissman
Drew Weissman
American immunologist
Tasuku Honjo
Japanese immunologist

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