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Niels K. Jerne
Full Name of the recipient | Niels K. Jerne |
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Award | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
Year of Award | 1984 |
Share in Award | 33.3% |
Award Shared with | Georges J.F. Köhler (33.3%) César Milstein (33.3%) |
Motivation for the Award | for theories concerning the specificity in development and control of the immune system and the discovery of the principle for production of monoclonal antibodies |
Affiliation at the Time of Award | Basel Institute for Immunology, Basel, Switzerland |
Place of Birth | London, United Kingdom GBR |
Date of Birth | 23 December 1911 |
Age at the time of Award | 72 years |
Place of Death | Castillon-du-Gard, France FRA |
Date of Death | 7 October 1994 |