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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1996
Peter C. Doherty, Rolf M. Zinkernagel

Nobel Lecture

Cellular Immune Recognition and the Biological Role of Major Transplantation Antigens

Rolf M. Zinkernagel held his Nobel Lecture on 8 December 1996, at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm. He was presented by Professor Hans Wigzell, Member of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine.

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