# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thierry-boon
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:09:16.002Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thierry-boon"
name: "Thierry Boon"
slug: "thierry-boon"
description: "Thierry Boon is a Belgian scientist, former Director of the Ludwig Cancer Research branch in (Belgium) and professor at the Université Catholique de Louvain. He observed that tumour cells that have acquired new mutations as a result of mutagen treatment in vitro, often become incapable of forming tumours because they express new antigens recognized by the T cells of the immune system. His research allowed him to isolate the genes that code for these so-called tumour antigens. He is a member of the Cancer Research Institute Scientific Advisory Council, The National Academy of Sciences, and The Academy of Cancer Immunology."
tagline: "Professor of immunology"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1944-12-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.85
  momentum:             3.924675324675324
  historical:           5.672390666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thierry_Boon"
    title: "Thierry Boon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "تييري بون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thierry_Boon-Falleur"
    title: "Thierry Boon-Falleur"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thierry_Boon"
    title: "Thierry Boon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thierry_Boon"
    title: "Thierry Boon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thierry_Boon"
    title: "Thierry Boon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q631132"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump