The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1984
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Niels K. Jerne
Prize share: 1/3
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Georges J.F. Köhler
Prize share: 1/3
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César Milstein
Prize share: 1/3
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1984 was awarded jointly to Niels K. Jerne, Georges J.F. Köhler and César Milstein "for theories concerning the specificity in development and control of the immune system and the discovery of the principle for production of monoclonal antibodies."
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