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Key People

Ehrlich, Paul
Paul Ehrlich
German medical scientist
Anthony Fauci
Anthony Fauci
American immunologist
Drew Weissman
Drew Weissman
American immunologist
Bruce A. Beutler.
Bruce A. Beutler
American immunologist
Ralph M. Steinman.
Ralph M. Steinman
Canadian immunologist and cell biologist
Jules Hoffmann
Jules Hoffmann
French immunologist
Schwartz, Michal
Michal Schwartz
Israeli neuroimmunologist
James P. Allison
American immunologist
Karl Landsteiner.
Karl Landsteiner
Austrian immunologist and pathologist
Mukherjee, Siddhartha
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Indian-born American physician, scientist, and writer
Peter B. Medawar, 1960.
Sir Peter B. Medawar
British zoologist
Tonegawa Susumu
Japanese biologist
Peter C. Doherty
Australian scientist
Baruj Benacerraf.
Baruj Benacerraf
American immunologist
Rolf M. Zinkernagel.
Rolf M. Zinkernagel
Swiss scientist
Georges J.F. Köhler
German immunologist
Niels K. Jerne
Danish immunologist
Tasuku Honjo
Japanese immunologist
Burnet, Sir Macfarlane
Sir Macfarlane Burnet
Australian physician
Frazer, Ian; Gardasil
Ian Frazer
Scottish-born Australian immunologist

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