Susumu Tonegawa

Prix

1. 1983

   Prix international Canada Gairdner

   Biologie

   For his discovery that antibody diversity is produced by somatic recombination and mutation of genes.

2. 1987

   Prix Lasker — Prix Albert Lasker pour la recherche médicale fondamentale

   Biologie

   For imaginative studies of somatic recombinations in the immune system, detailing in molecular terms the genetics of antibody diversity.

3. 1987

   prix Nobel — Médecine

   Biologie

   for his discovery of the genetic principle for generation of antibody diversity