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Born March 15, 1854 • Prussia
Died March 31, 1917 (aged 63) • Marburg • Germany
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1901)
Subjects Of Study antitoxin • diphtheria antitoxin

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Jules Bordet
Belgian bacteriologist
Ehrlich, Paul
Paul Ehrlich
German medical scientist
Robert Koch.
Robert Koch
German bacteriologist
Georges J.F. Köhler
German immunologist
Gerhard Domagk
Gerhard Domagk
German scientist
Alexander Fleming
Alexander Fleming
Scottish bacteriologist
Bruce A. Beutler.
Bruce A. Beutler
American immunologist
Ralph M. Steinman.
Ralph M. Steinman
Canadian immunologist and cell biologist
Jules Hoffmann
Jules Hoffmann
French immunologist
James P. Allison
American immunologist
Karl Landsteiner.
Karl Landsteiner
Austrian immunologist and pathologist
Peter B. Medawar, 1960.
Sir Peter B. Medawar
British zoologist
Tonegawa Susumu
Japanese biologist
Peter C. Doherty
Australian scientist
Baruj Benacerraf.
Baruj Benacerraf
American immunologist
Rolf M. Zinkernagel.
Rolf M. Zinkernagel
Swiss scientist
Niels K. Jerne
Danish immunologist
Tasuku Honjo
Japanese immunologist
Burnet, Sir Macfarlane
Sir Macfarlane Burnet
Australian physician
Jean Dausset.
Jean Dausset
French hematologist and immunologist