Jean Dausset

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Jean Dausset was a French immunologist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for discovering human leukocyte antigens (HLA), which laid the foundation for modern organ transplantation and immunogenetics.

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Jean-Baptiste-Gabriel-Joachim Dausset 1

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instanceOf French scientist
Nobel laureate
human
immunologist
awardReceived Gairdner Foundation International Award
Grand Cross of the Légion d’honneur
Karl Landsteiner Memorial Award
Lasker Award
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Wolf Prize in Medicine
linked to: Wolf Prize
countryOfCitizenship France
dateOfBirth 1916-10-19
dateOfDeath 2009-06-06
educatedAt Faculty of Medicine, University of Paris
University of Paris
familyName Dausset
fieldOfWork immunogenetics
immunology
founded Centre d’Étude du Polymorphisme Humain (CEPH)
France Transplant
fullName Jean-Baptiste-Gabriel-Joachim Dausset
linked to: Jean Dausset
givenName Jean
influenced development of organ transplantation protocols
histocompatibility testing
knownFor discovery of human leukocyte antigens
foundations of modern organ transplantation immunology
work on HLA system
languageSpoken French
memberOf Académie Nationale de Médecine
French Academy of Sciences
Pontifical Academy of Sciences
United States National Academy of Sciences
NobelPrize.category Physiology or Medicine
NobelPrize.motivation discoveries concerning genetically determined structures on the cell surface that regulate immunological reactions
NobelPrize.year 1980
notableConcept HLA typing
occupation physician
researcher
university teacher
placeOfBirth Toulouse, France
linked to: Toulouse
placeOfDeath Palma de Mallorca, Spain
linked to: Palma de Mallorca
residence Paris, France
linked to: Paris
sharedNobelPrizeWith Baruj Benacerraf
George D. Snell
workInstitution Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris
Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)
linked to: INSERM

Université Paris VII (Paris Diderot University)

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Jean Dausset fullName Jean-Baptiste-Gabriel-Joachim Dausset
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