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Ralph Steinman
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Canadian immunologist and cell biologist (1943–2011)
Ralph Steinman was a Canadian scientist who made groundbreaking discoveries about how the immune system recognizes and fights disease, particularly through his work on a type of immune cell called dendritic cells. His research fundamentally changed our understanding of immunity and earned him the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2011, shortly before his death.
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine2011
“for his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity”
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ralph
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Montreal
- Place of death
- Manhattan
- Occupation
- researcher
- Educated at
- The Rockefeller University
- Employer
- The Rockefeller University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Judaism
- Academic degree
- doctorate
- Field of work
- biology
- Image
- RMSt.jpg
- Residence
- New York City
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- cause of death
- pancreatic cancer
- Commons category
- Ralph M. Steinman
- date of birth
- 1943-01-14
- date of death
- 2011-09-30
- member of
- Royal Society of Edinburgh
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Ralph Marvin Steinman
- interested in
- immunology
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Encyclopedic overview
Ralph Marvin Steinman (January 14, 1943 – September 30, 2011) was a Canadian physician and medical researcher at Rockefeller University, who in 1973 discovered and named dendritic cells while working as a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Zanvil A. Cohn, also at Rockefeller University. Steinman was one of the recipients of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Early life and education
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