Tonegawa

Tonegawa definition - medical

To·ne·ga·wa (tô-nĕˈgä-wä so͞o-so͞oˈmo͞o), Susumu Born 1939.

Japanese molecular biologist. He won a 1987 Nobel Prize for discovering how certain cells of the immune system can genetically rearrange themselves to produce diverse antibodies.

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