Benacerraf

Benacerraf definition - medical

Ben·a·cer·raf (bĕn-ăsˈər-əf), Baruj Born 1920.

Venezuelan-born American immunologist. He shared a 1980 Nobel Prize for discoveries concerning cell structure that enhanced understanding of the immunological system, resulting in higher success rates in organ transplantation.

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