Baruj Benacerraf
1920-
Venezuelan-born American immunologist who received the 1980 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, along with Jean Dausset and George Snell, for research involving immune respo...
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Baruj Benacerraf's experience with asthma as a child sparked his interest in the body's immune reactions. He researched immunological hypersensitivity with American chemist, Elvin Kabat at the College...
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Baruj Benacerraf was born in Caracas, Venezuela; his father was a wealthy textile merchant. Benacerraf grew up in France, then attended Columbia University in New York where he got his degree in 1942....
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Baruj Benacerraf was born in Caracas, Venezuela, the son of a wealthy textile merchant. Benacerraf grew up in France, then attended Columbia University in New York, where he graduated in 1942. Benacer...
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Baruj Benacerraf is a Venezuelan-born immunologist whose major contribution to modern immunology was the discovery of the immune-response gene (Ir) , which triggers the body's war on disease. For his ...
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Baruj Benacerraf was born in Caracas, Venezuela; his father was a wealthy textile merchant. Benacerraf grew up in France, then attended Columbia University in New York where he got his degree in 1942....
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