Baruj Benacerraf was awarded Nobel Prize 1980 in Physiology/Medicine "for their discoveries concerning genetically determined structures on the cell surface that regulate immunological reactions."
Nationality Venezuela
Institution Harvard Medical School, Department of Pathology
Award 1980
Discipline Physiology/Medicine
Co-recipients Jean Dausset
MotivationAwarded with Nobel Prize 1980 in Physiology/Medicine "for their discoveries concerning genetically determined structures on the cell surface that regulate immunological reactions."
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