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James P. Allison
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American immunologist and Nobel laureate (born 1948)
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- Works
- 1
Top works
- Race for a Remedy
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5 total works indexed
- The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 84,951x
- Special points for Brillouin-zone integrations
· 1976 · cited 68,291x
- Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis
· 2012 · cited 66,856x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,510x
- Structural equation modeling in practice: A review and recommended two-step approach.
· 1988 · cited 31,716x
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Key facts
- Born
- James Patrick Allison , ( 1948-08-07 ) August 7, 1948 (age 77) , Alice, Texas , U.S.
- Education
- University of Texas, Austin ( BS , MS , PhD )
- Known for
- Cancer immunotherapy
- Spouses
- Malinda Bell ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1969 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2012 ) Padmanee Sharma ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2014 )
- Fields
- Immunology
- Institutions
- M. D. Anderson Cancer Center , Weill Cornell Medicine , University of California, Berkeley , University of California, San Francisco , University of Texas at Austin
- Thesis
- Studies on bacterial asparaginases: I. Isolation and characterization of a tumor inhibitory asparaginase from Alcaligenes ?Eutrophus. II. Insolubilization of L-Asparaginase by covalent attachment to nylon tubing (1973)
- Doctoral advisor
- Barrie Kitto
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine2018
“for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Family name
- Allison
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Alice
- Occupation
- physician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Field of work
- immunology
- Official website
- faculty.mdanderson.org/profiles/james_allison.html
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- James P. Allison EM1B5525 (46207775441).jpg
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- 1948-08-07
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- James P. Allison
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- immunology
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Encyclopedic overview
James Patrick Allison (born August 7, 1948) is an American immunologist and Nobel laureate who holds the position of professor and chair of immunology and executive director of immunotherapy platform at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. Allison is Regental Professor and Founding-Director of James P. Allison Institute at the MD Anderson Cancer Center.
His discoveries have led to new cancer treatments for the deadliest cancers. He is also the director of the Cancer Research Institute (CRI) scientific advisory council. He has a longstanding interest in mechanisms of T-cell development and activation, the development of novel strategies for tumor immunotherapy, and is recognized as one of the first people to isolate the T-cell antigen receptor complex protein.
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