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Born January 19, 1951 (age 75) • Japan
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (2025)
Subjects Of Study T cell • immune system • regulatory T cell

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Shimon Sakaguchi
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Peter C. Doherty
Australian scientist
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James P. Allison
American immunologist
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Tonegawa Susumu
Japanese biologist
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
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Niels K. Jerne
Danish immunologist
Bordet, Jules
Jules Bordet
Belgian bacteriologist
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Tasuku Honjo
Japanese immunologist
Ehrlich, Paul
Paul Ehrlich
German medical scientist
Karl Landsteiner.
Karl Landsteiner
Austrian immunologist and pathologist
Peter B. Medawar, 1960
Sir Peter B. Medawar
British zoologist
Baruj Benacerraf.
Baruj Benacerraf
American immunologist
Rolf M. Zinkernagel.
Rolf M. Zinkernagel
Swiss scientist
production of monoclonal antibodies
Georges J.F. Köhler
German immunologist
Sir Macfarlane Burnet, 1945
Sir Macfarlane Burnet
Australian physician
Jean Dausset.
Jean Dausset
French hematologist and immunologist
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César Milstein
Argentine-British immunologist
Emil von Behring, 1914.
Emil von Behring
German bacteriologist
Mary E. Brunkow
Mary E. Brunkow
American biologist