César Milstein
1927 – 2002 · Argentina · Medicine, Chemistry
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1984
Monoclonal antibodies — now a $200bn class of medicines.
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Inherited from1
- Macfarlane Burnet
1899 – 1985 · Medicine, Biology
Clonal selection theory is what makes a monoclonal antibody conceptually possible.
Passed the work to1
- Katalin Karikó
1955 · Medicine, Biology
Monoclonal biologics established the manufacturing path modified-mRNA therapeutics followed.
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