Jon J. van Rood
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Awards
In 1978, van Rood was awarded the Wolf Prize in MedicineWolf Prize in Medicine
The Wolf Prize in Medicine is awarded once a year by the Wolf Foundation in Israel. It is one of the six Wolf Prizes established by the Foundation and awarded since 1978; the others are in Agriculture, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and Arts. The Prize is probably the third most prestigious award...
, jointly with George D. Snell and Jean Dausset
Jean Dausset
Jean-Baptiste-Gabriel-Joachim Dausset was a French immunologist born in Toulouse, France. He married Rose Mayoral in 1963, with whom he had two children, Henri and Irène...
, "for his contribution to the understanding of the complexity of the HL-A system in man and its implications in transplantation and in disease."