Herman Eisen
Herman Eisen · Science & Medicine
Immunologist known for work on antibody affinity and the immune response
1918, New York City, USA — 2014, United States
United States
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Herman N. Eisen was an American immunologist, a founding member of the MIT Center for Cancer Research, who used fluorescence-quenching methods to measure antibody affinity and showed that the affinity of the antibody response matures and increases over time. His work laid foundations for understanding affinity maturation and T-cell recognition of peptide–MHC complexes. He was Jewish.
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Immunologist known for work on antibody affinity and the immune response
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
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