Gerald Edelman
Gerald Edelman · Science & Medicine
Awarded the 1972 Nobel Prize for determining the chemical structure of antibodies.
1929, New York City, United States — 2014, La Jolla, California, United States
United States
Gerald Edelman is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Awarded the 1972 Nobel Prize for determining the chemical structure of antibodies.
Edelman determined the chemical structure of antibodies, showing how these large molecules are built and how they recognize foreign substances, and shared the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine; he later developed influential theories of the brain and consciousness. He worked at Rockefeller University and founded the Neurosciences Institute in California. He was born into a Jewish family in New York.
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Awarded the 1972 Nobel Prize for determining the chemical structure of antibodies.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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