Baruj Benacerraf (b. 1920)
American immunologist and Nobel Prize winner
Baruj Benacerraf shared the 1980 Nobel Prize in medicine for
his discovery of the genetic basis of autoimmune diseases. His
childhood experiences with asthma fostered his interest in immunology.
Benacerraf continues his work at Boston's Dana-Farber Institute.
Courtesy Baruj Benacerraf, M.D.