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George D. Snell
Full Name of the recipient | George D. Snell |
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Award | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
Year of Award | 1980 |
Share in Award | 33.3% |
Award Shared with | Baruj Benacerraf (33.3%) Jean Dausset (33.3%) |
Motivation for the Award | for their discoveries concerning genetically determined structures on the cell surface that regulate immunological reactions |
Affiliation at the Time of Award | Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, USA |
Place of Birth | Bradford, MA, United States USA |
Date of Birth | 19 December 1903 |
Age at the time of Award | 76 years |
Place of Death | Bar Harbor, ME, United States USA |
Date of Death | 6 June 1996 |