Peter Charles Doherty is an Australian immunologist, born in the Brisbane suburb of Sherwood in 1940. He took his doctorate in pathology at the University of Edinburgh in 1970 and then returned to Australia to continue his research at the John Curtin School of Medical Research within the Australian National University in Canberra. With Rolf M. Zinkernagel he shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work on how the immune system recognizes virus-infected cells. He also received the 1995 Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research and was named Australian of the Year in 1997. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and of the Australian Academy of Science.
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Peter Charles Doherty (born 15 October 1940)
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is an Australian immunologist and Nobel laureate
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He is also a National Trust Australian Living Treasure.
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the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with Rolf M. Zinkernagel in 1996
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is an Australian immunologist and Nobel laureate
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Doherty's immune system research was announced as one of the Q150 Icons of Queensland
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the John Curtin School of Medical Research within the Australian National University in Canberra
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a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1987
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Doherty's immune system research was announced as one of the Q150 Icons of Queensland
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"year": "1940"
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"awardYear": "1996"
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