Swiss immunologist and pathologist who received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 199…
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Swiss immunologist and pathologist who received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1996 because of his relatively early work with colleague Peter Doherty defining the system by which the immune system identifies friend and foe. His work since then has built upon this discovery, revealing how the thymus gland selects only white blood cells that react properly to virus-infected cells and investigating the complex interplay by which viruses and their hosts co-evolve.
Zinkernagel has also been a vocal proponent of the promise of biotechnology in his native Switzerland.
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