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Gerald Edelman
Gerald M. Edelman in 2010.
BornGerald Maurice Edelman
1 Julie 1929(1929-07-01)
Ozone Park, Queens, New York
Dee'd17 Mey 2014(2014-05-17) (aged 84)[1]
La Jolla, Californie
NaitionalityAmerican
Alma materUrsinus College, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, The Rockefeller University
Kent forimmune system
Hauf-marrae(s)Maxine M. Morrison (m. 1950; 3 children)
AwairdsNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1972
Scientific career
FieldsImmunology; neuroscience

Gerald Maurice Edelman (1 Julie 192917 Mey 2014) wis an American biologist. He sharit the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine wi Rodney Robert Porter. Thay won the awaird for thair wirk on the immune system.[2] Edelman's Nobel Prize-winnin research concernit discovery o the structur of antibody molecules.[3]

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  1. "Gerald Edelman, Nobel laureate dies". U-T San Diego.com. 20 Mey 2014. Retrieved 21 Mey 2014.
  2. "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1972". Retrieved 27 September 2007.
  3. Structural differences among antibodies of different specificities Archived 2006-05-08 at the Wayback Machine by G. M. Edelman, B. Benacerraf, Z. Ovary and M. D. Poulik in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1961) volume 47, pages 1751-1758.

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