Born:(1927-10-08)8 October 1927, Bahía Blanca, Argentina
Died:24 March 2002(2002-03-24) (aged 74), Cambridge, England
Awards:Rosenstiel Award (1978), , Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (1980), , Wolf Prize in Medicine (1980), , William Bate Hardy Prize (1981), , Sir Hans Krebs Medal (1981), , Franklin Medal (1982), , Carlos J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology (1983), , Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1984), , Copley Medal (1989)
Fields:Biochemistry
Spouse:Celia Prilleltensky (m. 1953)
Education:University of Buenos Aires, , University of Cambridge
Known for:Receiving Nobel Prize "for theories concerning the specificity in development and control of the immune system and the discovery of the principle for production of monoclonal antibodies"