Rolf M. Zinkernagel Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
Immunologist whose experiments helped establish MHC restriction. Zinkernagel and collaborators tested T-cell-mediated killing in viral infection, showing that recognition depends on the target’s compatibility with the responding immune cells.[ref]
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