Baruj Benacerraf dies at 90; Nobelist made key discoveries about immune system
Sunday, August 7, 2011 - 02:20
in Health & Medicine
Dr. Baruj Benacerraf, who spent most of his career at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, helped explain why some people can fight off infections and tumors while others can't.Dr. Baruj Benacerraf, who shared the 1980 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for his pioneering work explaining why some people are able to fight off infections and tumors while others are not, died Tuesday at his Boston home. He was 90.