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 ...

His 1974 network theory is based on the idea that antibodies not only attach themselves to an antigen, but also can become attached to other antibodies. An ...

Jerne believed that an understanding of how the immune system generates diverse responses was essential to the development of effective treatment of diseases.

This autobiography/biography was written at the time of the award and later published in the book series Les Prix Nobel/ Nobel Lectures/The Nobel Prizes. The ...

13 apr 2024 · Jerne, received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his work in developing a technique for producing monoclonal antibodies—pure, ...

First director of the Basel Institute of Immunology, Jerne's research and theories to explain antibody diversity and formation helped ignite work that laid the ...

Niels K. Jerne. December 23, 1911 - October 7, 1994. Scientific Discipline: Immunology and Inflammation Membership Type: International Member (elected 1975) ...

Jerne was one of the leading immunologists of the post–World War II period. He received the Nobel Prize in 1984 for three theoretical contributions: the natural ...

(1911–94). Danish immunologist Niels K. Jerne shared the 1984 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with César Milstein and Georges Köhler for his theoretical ...

19 mag 2002 · Niels Kaj Jerne, one of the leading theoreticians in 20th century immunology, was awarded the 1984 medical Nobel Prize for the natural selection ...