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Niels Kaj Jerne

1911 - 1994

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Niels Kaj Jerne, FRS (23 December 1911 – 7 October 1994) was a Danish immunologist. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1984 with 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". Jerne is known for three significant ideas. Firstly, instead of the body producing antibodies in response to an antigen, Jerne postulated that the immune system already has the specific antibodies it needs to fight antigens. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Niels Kaj Jerne is the 105th most popular physician (up from 115th in 2019), the 561st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 582nd in 2019) and the 8th most popular British Physician.

Niels Kaj Jerne is most famous for his work in immunology. He is considered the father of modern immunology. In 1984, he won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in understanding how the immune system recognizes and responds to foreign invaders.

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Among physicians, Niels Kaj Jerne ranks 105 out of 726. Before him are Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Shirō Ishii, George Minot, Michael DeBakey, Louis Auguste Blanqui, and Ulf von Euler. After him are Cornelius Jansen, Frederick Banting, Harvey J. Alter, Ctesias, Werner Forssmann, and James Parkinson.

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Among people born in 1911, Niels Kaj Jerne ranks 31. Before him are Jack Ruby, Polykarp Kusch, Marshall McLuhan, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Tennessee Williams, and William Alfred Fowler. After him are Feodor Lynen, Robert Johnson, Wilhelm Mohnke, Gian Carlo Menotti, Max Frisch, and Klaus Fuchs. Among people deceased in 1994, Niels Kaj Jerne ranks 32. Before him are John Wayne Gacy, Paul Feyerabend, Mas Oyama, Domenico Modugno, Billy Wright, and Roland Ratzenberger. After him are George Peppard, Telly Savalas, Guy Debord, Bassel al-Assad, Marija Gimbutas, and Andrés Escobar.

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Among people born in United Kingdom, Niels Kaj Jerne ranks 561 out of 8,785. Before him are Harry Kroto (1939), Dave Murray (1956), Mordred (null), Harold Pinter (1930), Charlie Watts (1941), and Harold Wilson (1916). After him are Adrian Smith (1957), George Everest (1790), Sid Vicious (1957), Bobby Moore (1941), John Cleese (1939), and John Hicks (1904).

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Among physicians born in United Kingdom, Niels Kaj Jerne ranks 8. Before him are Edward Jenner (1749), Edgar Adrian (1889), William Harvey (1578), Alan Hodgkin (1914), John Snow (1813), and James Black (1924). After him are James Parkinson (1755), Elizabeth Blackwell (1821), Robert Knox (1791), Hans Sloane (1660), Thomas Willis (1621), and Frederick Griffith (1879).

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