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Ralph Marvin Steinman (January 14, 1943 – September 30, 2011) was a Canadian-American 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.
- Rockefeller University in New York City
- Discovery of dendritic cells and their role in adaptive immunity
Ralph M. Steinman (born January 14, 1943, Montreal, Canada—died September 30, 2011, New York, New York, U.S.) Canadian immunologist and cell biologist who shared the 2011 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (with American immunologist Bruce A. Beutler and French immunologist Jules A. Hoffmann) for his codiscovery with American cell ...
- Kara Rogers
Oct 26, 2011 · Ralph Steinman changed the world of immunology when he discovered dendritic cells, but it took the field a long time to recognize the importance of his discovery. The idea that a new type of...
- Michel C. Nussenzweig, Ira Mellman
- 2011
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Ralph Steinman, an immunologist who spent his entire career at Rockefeller and died just days before the Nobel Prize committee announced his name, passed away on September 30 after a four-and-a-half year battle with pancreatic cancer. Dr.
Jan 1, 2012 · How Ralph Steinman Raced to Develop a Cancer Vaccine--And Save His Life. When Ralph M. Steinman developed pancreatic cancer, he put his own theories about cancer and the immune system to the...
Brief Bio. Ralph Marvin Steinman was born on January 14, 1943, in Montreal and grew up in Sherbrooke, Quebec. After receiving his B.S. from McGill University in 1963, he earned his M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1968.
Oct 28, 2011 · 28 Oct 2011. Vol 334, Issue 6055. p. 466. DOI: 10.1126/science.1215136. On 30 September 2011, just days short of the announcement that he had been awarded the Nobel Prize for his discovery of dendritic cells, Ralph Steinman lost his nearly 5-year-long battle with pancreatic cancer.
