Baruj Benacerraf

Baruj Benacerraf

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1980

Harvard Medical School

“for their discoveries concerning genetically determined structures on the cell surface that regulate immunological reactions”

Baruj Benacerraf was a Venezuelan-American immunologist. He discovered genetically determined structures on the cell surface that regulate immunological reactions. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1980 and was affiliated with Harvard Medical School.

Field
Medicine · Immunology
Lifespan
1920–2011