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Baruj Benacerraf

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Baruj Benacerraf

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Also known as B. Benacerraf, B Benacerraf

Venezuelan-American immunologist

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Baruj Benacerraf was born on October 29, 1920, and died on August 2, 2011. He received one Nobel Prize.

His work is recognized in several collections, including the Nobel Laureates collection, the Nobel Medicine collection, the American Academy Arts Sciences collection, and the National Medal Of Science collection.

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1980

    “for their discoveries concerning genetically determined structures on the cell surface that regulate immunological reactions”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Caracas
Place of death
Boston
Sibling
Paul Benacerraf
Occupation
university teacher
Employer
New York University
Languages spoken
English language
Award
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Field of work
immunology
Image
Baruj Benacerraf 1969.jpg
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date of birth
1920-10-29
date of death
2011-08-02
member of
The World Academy of Sciences
manner of death
natural causes
cause of death
pneumonia
Commons category
Baruj Benacerraf
name in native language
Baruj Benacerraf
interested in
immunology
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Encyclopedic overview

Baruj Benacerraf Lasry (/bəˈrʊk ˌbɛnəseɪˈrɑːf/; October 29, 1920 – August 2, 2011) was a Venezuelan and 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." His colleagues and shared recipients were Jean Dausset and George Davis Snell.

Early life and education

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