Baruj Benacerraf
Baruj Benacerraf (October 29, 1920 – August 2, 2011) was a Venezuelan-born American immunologist.
Baruj Benacerraf | |
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 Benacerraf in 1969 | |
| Born | October 29, 1920[1] |
| Died | August 2, 2011 (aged 90) |
| Nationality | Venezuelan-American |
| Alma mater | Columbia University Medical College of Virginia |
| Known for | major histocompatibility complex |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Immunology, medicine |
| Institutions | New York University Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons National Institutes of Health American Academy of Arts and Sciences Harvard Medical School Dana–Farber Cancer Institute |
Benacerraf won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1979 for his "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". He shared the prize with Jean Dausset and George Davis Snell.[1]
Life
changeHe was born in Caracas, Venezuela. He was born to Sephardic Jewish parents from Morocco and Algiers. Benacerraf's brother is Paul Benacerraf, a well-known philosopher. His father was a textile merchant. In 1925, he moved from Venezuela to Paris. In 1940, after he went back to Venezuela, he emigrated to the U.S.. He earned his B.S. at Columbia University School of General Studies in 1942. Benacerraf later went to the Medical College of Virginia where he earned his Doctor of Medicine degree.[2]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Baruj Benacerraf - Facts". Nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
- ↑ "Baruj Benacerraf - Biographical". Nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
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