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Susumu Tonegawa

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Japanese biologist

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Immunology
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Molecular Biology
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Neuroscience
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According to Wikipedia, is a Japanese scientist who was the sole recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1987 for his discovery of VJ recombination, the genetic mechanism which produces antibody diversity. Although he won the Nobel Prize for his work in immunology, Tonegawa is a molecular biologist by training and he again changed fields following his Nobel Prize win; he now studies neuroscience, examining the molecular, cellular and neuronal basis of memory formation and retrieval.

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Susumu Tonegawa's Published Works

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