Jean Dausset
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Jean Dausset was a French immunologist who lived from 1916 to 2009 and made important discoveries about how the human immune system recognizes and rejects foreign tissues. His work laid the foundation for understanding organ transplant compatibility and earned him recognition in the field of immunology.
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- 1916-10-19
- Died
- 2009-06-06
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Jean-Baptiste-Gabriel-Joachim Dausset (19 October 1916 – 6 June 2009) was a French immunologist born in Toulouse, France. Dausset received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1980 along with Baruj Benacerraf and George Davis Snell for their discovery and characterisation of the genes making the major histocompatibility complex. Using the money from his Nobel Prize and a grant from the French Television, Dausset founded the Human Polymorphism Study Center (CEPH) in 1984, which was later renamed the Foundation Jean Dausset-CEPH in his honour. He married Rose Mayoral in 1963, with whom he had two children, Henri and Irène. Jean Dausset died on June 6, 2009, in Mallorca, Spain, at the age of 92.
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1916 births2009 deathsAcademic staff of the Collège de FranceForeign associates of the National Academy of SciencesFrench hematologistsFrench immunologistsFrench Nobel laureatesFrench recipients of the Legion of HonourGrand Cross of the Legion of HonourInserm directorsMedical doctors from ToulouseMembers of the French Academy of Sciences