Rolf M. Zinkernagel

Nobel Prize 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.

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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From Nobel Lectures, Physiology or Medicine 1996-2000, Editor Hans Jörnvall, World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, 2003

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