age ~85
from Chestnut Hill, MA
…Their research, following that by Susumu Tonegawa, also led to the discovery that antibody genes encode as bits and pieces, that can recombine in a myriad of ways to help fight infection; they also confirmed earlier work by Shen-Ong & Cole, Leder, Hood, Croce, and Hayward that genetic mutati...
Susumu Tonegawa ( Tonegawa Susumu, born September 6, 1939) is a Japanese scientist who won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1987 for ...
06 September 1939 • Nagoya, Japan
Known for:Antibody diversity
Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty
Member of the United States National Academy of Sciences
Studied at:Curtis Institute of Music • University of California, San Diego
Area of science:Immunology • Molecular biology
Specialty:Director
Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine • Recipient of the Order of Culture • Recipient of the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research • Winner • Prize