Susumu Tonegawa
Japanese scientist
Susumu Tonegawa 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. Wikipedia
Born: 1939 (age 84 years), Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Children: Satto Tonegawa
Education: University of California San Diego, Kyoto University, and Hibiya High School
Parents: Tsutomu Tonegawa and Miyoko Tonegawa
Spouse: Mayumi Yoshinari Tonegawa
Fields: Genetics, Immunology, Neuroscience
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