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Benacerraf

British  
/ ˌbɛnəˈsɛrɑːf /

noun

  1. Baruj . 1920–2011, Venezuelan-born US immunologist: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1980) for his work on histocompatibility antigens

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In the course of her four-decade career, Dr. Benacerraf saw tens of thousands of patients while publishing hundreds of journal articles and several books.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2022

The Benacerraf home in Manhattan was a “French oasis,” Dr. Benacerraf said in the 2021 interview.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2022

One of them, Dr. Laura E. Riley, the chair of obstetrics and gynecology at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York, described Dr. Benacerraf in an interview as “incredibly brilliant” and “a great teacher.”

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2022

Dr. Beryl Benacerraf, a radiologist with an uncanny visual sense who revolutionized the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities like Down syndrome through the use of ultrasound technology, died on Oct.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2022

The specialness of each individual, Dr. Benacerraf proposed, ensured the rejection of transplanted organs, except in cases involving genetically identical donors, like identical twins.

From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2011