Susumu Tonegawa
1939-
Japanese molecular biologist who made important discoveries relating to the immune system and its genetics. In 1976 Tonegawa reported that the genes responsible for antibody prod...
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Susumu Tonagawa made a major contribution to the understanding of the immune system by showing how gene fragments are rearranged in somatic cells to make functional immune system genes. For his work, ...
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Japanese molecular biologist Susumu Tonegawa is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Tonegawa's work made important advances into understanding of the genetic mechanisms of ...
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In 1987, Susumu Tonegawa became the first Japanese recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his study of the immune system and his subsequent discovery of the causes of antibody div...
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Susumu Tonegawa made a major contribution to the understanding of the immune system by showing how gene fragments are rearranged in somatic cells to make functional immune system genes. For his work, ...
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Japanese molecular biologist Susumu Tonegawa is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Tonegawa's work made important advances into understanding of the genetic mechanisms of ...
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