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Science & Medicine

Alexander Rudensky

Who

Alexander Rudensky · Science & Medicine

What

Immunologist, research on regulatory T cells and immune tolerance

When

1956, Moscow, Russia

Where

Russia · United States

Biography

Alexander Rudensky is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Immunologist, research on regulatory T cells and immune tolerance

How & why

Alexander Rudensky is a Russian-American immunologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering whose research established the central role of regulatory T cells and the transcription factor FOXP3 in immune tolerance, with implications for autoimmunity, allergy and cancer. Born in Moscow, he is Jewish.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science

Contributions & Sources

Immunologist, research on regulatory T cells and immune tolerance

1956

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science