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Gerald Maurice Edelman (/ ˈ ɛ d əl m ən /; July 1, 1929 – May 17, 2014) was an American biologist who shared the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for work with Rodney Robert Porter on the immune system. Edelman's Nobel Prize-winning research concerned discovery of the structure of antibody molecules.
Feb 29, 2024 · Gerald Maurice Edelman, American physician and physical chemist who elucidated the structure of antibodies, which are proteins that are produced by the body in response to infection. For that work, he shared the 1972 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Rodney Porter. Learn more about Edelman’s life and work.
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Jun 27, 2014 · Gerald M. Edelman, who was born in New York in 1929, died at his home in La Jolla, California, on 17 May 2014. With him, biology has lost a great scientist and something even rarer—a profound thinker. Edelman's work in the 1960s revealed the chemical structure of antibody molecules, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or ...
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- 2014
May 23, 2014 · May 22, 2014. Dr. Gerald M. Edelman, who shared a 1972 Nobel Prize for a breakthrough in immunology and went on to contribute key findings in neuroscience and other fields, becoming a leading...
Gerald M. Edelman, a Rockefeller alumnus, former faculty member and Nobel laureate who uncovered the chemical structure of the antibody in 1961, died on May 18 at the age of 84. A graduate of Henry Kunkel’s laboratory and a member of the university’s second graduating class, Dr. Edelman received his Ph.D. in 1960 and remained at Rockefeller ...
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Jun 25, 2014 · Biologist who won Nobel for solving antibody structure. Gerald Edelman was a man of diverse talents and broad knowledge. A pre-eminent biologist, he was also an accomplished writer and...
May 21, 2018 · American biochemist. For his "discoveries concerning the chemical structure of antibodies," Gerald M. Edelman and his associate Rodney Porter received the 1972 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine.
