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Niels K. Jerne

Nobel Prize laureate in Medicine 1984
Niels K. Jerne — Nobel Prize
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Medicine 1984
Born : 1911-12-23 — London, United Kingdom
Died : 1994-10-07
“for theories concerning the specificity in development and control of the immune system and the discovery of the principle for production of monoclonal antibodies”
Medicine · 1984
Niels K. Jerne, born on December 23, 1911, in London and died on October 7, 1994, was a British immunologist. He is best known for his fundamental contributions to the understanding of the immune system. In 1984, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his theories concerning the specificity in the development and control of the immune system and for the discovery of the principle for the production of monoclonal antibodies.

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Who is Niels K. Jerne?
Niels K. Jerne, born on December 23, 1911, in London and died on October 7, 1994, was a British immunologist. He is best known for his fundamental contributions to the understanding of the immune system. In 1984, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his theories concerning the specificity in the development and control of the immune system and for the discovery of the principle for the production of monoclonal antibodies.
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1984 — Medicine
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