Ralph M. Steinman: Difference between revisions

'''Ralph Marvin Steinman''' (January 14, 1943 – September 30, 2011<ref name=rockefeller>{{cite web |url=http://newswire.rockefeller.edu/?page=engine&id=1192 |title=Rockefeller University scientist Ralph Steinman, honored today with Nobel Prize for discovery of dendritic cells, dies at 68 |date=October 3, 2011 |publisher=[[Rockefeller University]]}}</ref>) was a Canadian [[immunologist]] and [[cell biologist]] at [[Rockefeller University]], who in 1973 coined the term [[dendritic cells]] while working as a postdoc in the lab of [[Zanvil A. Cohn]], also at Rockefeller University.<ref name=Steinman>{{cite journal |author=Steinman RM, Cohn ZA |title=Identification of a novel cell type in peripheral lymphoid organs of mice. I. Morphology, quantitation, tissue distribution |journal=J. Exp. Med. |volume=137 |issue=5 |pages=1142–62 |year=1973 |pmid=4573839|doi=10.1084/jem.137.5.1142 |pmc=2139237}}</ref> On 3 October 2011, the [[Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine]] announced that he had received one-half of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]], for "his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity". The other half went to [[Bruce Beutler]] and [[Jules A. Hoffmann]], for "their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity".<ref name="Nobel">{{cite press release|url=http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2011/press.html|title=Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2011|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]|date=October 3, 2011}}</ref> However, the committee was not aware that he had passed away three days earlier, on September 30. The committee was considering what to do about Steinman's prize, since the rule is that the prize is not awarded posthumously.<ref>{{cite news|title=Nobel winner died days before award announced|url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/03/health/nobel-prize/index.html?hpt=he_c2|accessdate=3 October 2011|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=3 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Montreal-born scientist dies before Nobel honour|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/10/03/nobel-prize-medicine.html|accessdate=3 October 2011|publisher=[[CBC News]]|date=3 October 2011}}</ref> On October 3, 2011, the Foundation decided that as the decision to award the prize "was made in good faith," it would remain unchanged.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ralph Steinman Remains Nobel Laureate|url=http://www.nobelprize.org/press/nobelfoundation/press_releases/2011/steinman.html|accessdate=4 October 2011|publisher=[[The Nobel Foundation]]|date=3 October 2011}}</ref>