Birthdate: December 23, 1911
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: London, England
Died: October 7, 1994
Niels Kaj Jerne, a Danish immunologist, was known for his significant contributions to the field of immunology. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1984 for his work on the specificity in the development and control of the immune system, and for the discovery of the principle for production of monoclonal antibodies. Jerne introduced groundbreaking ideas such as the concept that the immune system already possesses specific antibodies to combat antigens, the theory of immune tolerance in the thymus, and the network theory explaining how antibodies interact with antigens to stimulate immune responses.
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