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Ehrlich, Paul
Paul Ehrlich
German medical scientist
Anthony Fauci
Anthony Fauci
American doctor and scientist
Drew Weissman seated indoors in a suit and tie, looking at the camera, with bookshelves and framed photos in the background.
Drew Weissman
American immunologist
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
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Indian-born American physician, scientist, and writer
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James P. Allison
American immunologist
Karl Landsteiner.
Karl Landsteiner
Austrian immunologist and pathologist
Peter B. Medawar, 1960
Sir Peter B. Medawar
British zoologist
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Tonegawa Susumu
Japanese biologist
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Peter C. Doherty
Australian scientist
Baruj Benacerraf.
Baruj Benacerraf
American immunologist
Rolf M. Zinkernagel.
Rolf M. Zinkernagel
Swiss scientist
production of monoclonal antibodies
Georges J.F. Köhler
German immunologist
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Niels K. Jerne
Danish immunologist
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Tasuku Honjo
Japanese immunologist
Sir Macfarlane Burnet, 1945
Sir Macfarlane Burnet
Australian physician
Frazer, Ian; Gardasil
Ian Frazer
Scottish-born Australian immunologist

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