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Ralph M. Steinman

Canadian immunologist and cell biologist (1943–2011)

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Lived 1943–2011, aged 68Canada
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  • Fame4.6
  • Momentum0.0
  • Canada rank#29
  • Scientists rank#173
  • Wikipedia1.1K
  • Wikipedia
    56 languages
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  • Rank in Canada
    #29
    Scientists
  • Era
    1943–2011
    Aged 68
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Updated 2026-06-01

Ralph Marvin Steinman was a Canadian physician and medical researcher at Rockefeller University, who in 1973 discovered and named dendritic cells while working as a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Zanvil A. Cohn, also at Rockefeller University.

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Scientists
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#29
Category rank
#173
Last updated
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Ralph Marvin Steinman was a Canadian physician and medical researcher at Rockefeller University, who in 1973 discovered and named dendritic cells while working as a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Zanvil A. Cohn, also at Rockefeller University. Steinman was one of the recipients of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

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Source confidence60.0
Completeness70.0
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Category rank
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Born
January 14, 1943
Died
September 30, 2011
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