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| NCA Term | Snell | George David | 1903-1996 | American mouse geneticist and basic transplant immunologist |
| ID | 8462 |
| Family name | Snell |
| Given name(s) | George David |
| Date(s) | 1903-1996 |
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| Description | American mouse geneticist and basic transplant immunologist |
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| Language code | eng |
| Notes | George Snell shared the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Baruj Benacerraf and Jean Dausset for their discoveries concerning "genetically determined structures on the cell surface that regulate immunological reactions". Snell specifically "discovered the genetic factors that determine the possibilities of transplanting tissue from one individual to another. It was Snell who introduced the concept of H antigens."[1] Snell's work in mice led to the discovery of HLA, the major histocompatibility complex, in humans (and all vertebrates) that is analogous to the H-2 complex in mice. Recognition of these key genes was prerequisite to successful tissue and organ transplantation. |
| Created for (project/activity) | TD |
| Created by | Kristy Davis |
| Created on | 2013-11-07 16:02:58 |
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