Ralph Steinman
Ralph Steinman · Science & Medicine
Awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize for discovering dendritic cells and their role in adaptive immunity.
1943, Montreal, Canada — 2011, New York City, United States
Canada (Montreal) · United States (Rockefeller University, New York)
Ralph Steinman is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize for discovering dendritic cells and their role in adaptive immunity.
At Rockefeller University Steinman discovered the dendritic cell, the sentinel that captures foreign material and activates the adaptive immune system, a finding that reframed how immunity is switched on and guided modern immunotherapy and vaccine design. He was awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — announced three days after his death, and upheld despite the Nobel's usual rule against posthumous awards. He was born to a Jewish family in Montreal.
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Awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize for discovering dendritic cells and their role in adaptive immunity.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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