Wolf Prize 1978: Winners

Recipients

1. George D. Snell

   Biology

   for discovery of H-2 antigens, which codes for major transplantation antigens and the onset of the immune response.

2. Jean Dausset

   Biology

   for discovering the HL-A system, the major histocompatibility complex in man and its primordial role in organ transplantation.

3. Jon J. van Rood

   Biology

   for his contribution to the understanding of the complexity of the HL-A system in man and its implications in transplantation and in disease.