Laureate

Max Dale Cooper

Born 1933 · United States · Male

Awards

  1. 2018

    Japan Prize — Medical Science, Medicinal Science

    Biology

    for the discovery of B and T lymphocyte lineages and its impact on understanding disease pathology and therapeutic development.

  2. 2019

    Lasker Award — Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

    Biology

    For their discovery of the two distinct classes of lymphocytes, B and T cells – a monumental achievement that provided the organizing principle of the adaptive immune system and launched the course of modern immunology