What award did Baruj Benacerraf receive in 1980?
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Answer
In 1980, Baruj Benacerraf received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the immune system. Benacerraf and two other scientists, Jean Dausset and George Snell, were awarded the prize for their discovery of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), which is a set of genes that play a role in the immune system.
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