Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1996
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Peter C. Doherty
Prize share: 1/2
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Rolf M. Zinkernagel
Prize share: 1/2
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1996 was awarded jointly to Peter C. Doherty and Rolf M. Zinkernagel "for their discoveries concerning the specificity of the cell mediated immune defence"
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