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Also Known As Jean-Baptiste-Gabriel-Joachim Dausset
Born October 19, 1916 • Toulouse • France
Died June 6, 2009 (aged 92) • Palma • Spain
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1980)
Subjects Of Study antigen-antibody reaction • human leukocyte antigen

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Ehrlich, Paul
Paul Ehrlich
German medical scientist
Peter B. Medawar, 1960.
Sir Peter B. Medawar
British zoologist
Baruj Benacerraf.
Baruj Benacerraf
American immunologist
Niels K. Jerne
Danish immunologist
Burnet, Sir Macfarlane
Sir Macfarlane Burnet
Australian physician
Jules Hoffmann
Jules Hoffmann
French immunologist
Bruce A. Beutler.
Bruce A. Beutler
American immunologist
Ralph M. Steinman.
Ralph M. Steinman
Canadian immunologist and cell biologist
James P. Allison
American immunologist
Karl Landsteiner.
Karl Landsteiner
Austrian immunologist and pathologist
Baruch S. Blumberg, 1976.
Baruch S. Blumberg
American physician
Tonegawa Susumu
Japanese biologist
Peter C. Doherty
Australian scientist
Rolf M. Zinkernagel.
Rolf M. Zinkernagel
Swiss scientist
Georges J.F. Köhler
German immunologist
Tasuku Honjo
Japanese immunologist
E. Donnall Thomas
American physician
César Milstein
Argentine immunologist
Bordet, Jules
Jules Bordet
Belgian bacteriologist
Emil von Behring, 1914.
Emil von Behring
German bacteriologist