Baruj Benacerraf

Baruj Benacerraf
Benacerraf in 1969
Born(1920-10-29)October 29, 1920[5]
Caracas, Venezuela[6]
DiedAugust 2, 2011(2011-08-02) (aged 90)
Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, U.S.
CitizenshipVenezuela/USA[7]
Alma mater
Known forMajor histocompatibility complex
Spouse
Annette Dreyfus
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(m. 1943; died 2011)​
Children1 daughter
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsImmunology, medicine
Institutions

Baruj Benacerraf (/bɪˈnæsərəf/; October 29, 1920 – August 2, 2011) was a Venezuelan-American immunologist, who shared the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the "discovery of the major histocompatibility complex genes which encode cell surface protein molecules important for the immune system's distinction between self and non-self."[8][9] His colleagues and shared recipients were Jean Dausset and George Davis Snell.

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  7. ^ Muere el premio Nobel de medicina Baruj Benacerraf. El Universal (August 2, 2011)
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