Robert David Schreiber | |
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Born | April 1946 |
Nationality | American |
Citizenship | U.S. |
Alma mater | State University of New York at Buffalo |
Known for | Research in cancer immunology |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Scientist; Immunologist; Educator |
Institutions | Scripps Research Institute; Washington University in St. Louis |
Robert D. Schreiber (born 1946) is an immunologist and currently is the Alumni Endowed Professor of Pathology and Immunology at Washington University School of Medicine. Schreiber has led a major revision in our understanding of how the immune system interacts with cancer. His work on the cancer immunoediting[1] hypothesis has helped reveal that the immune system is not only capable of destroying cancers, but can also drive them into a dormant state that, in some cases, results in an improved state of malignancy.