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Snell was born in [[Bradford, Massachusetts]]. He made Ph.D. in [[Harvard]] in [[1930]]. In 1935 Snell arrived at [[Jackson Laboratory|The Jackson Laboratory]] |
Snell was born in [[Bradford, Massachusetts]]. He made Ph.D. in [[Harvard]] in [[1930]]. In 1935 Snell arrived at [[Jackson Laboratory|The Jackson Laboratory]] |
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In [[1988]], he authored a substantial book, ''Search for a |
In [[1988]], he authored a substantial book, ''Search for a Rational Ethic'', on the nature of ethics and the rules by which we live. It includes an [[evolution]]-based ethic founded on biological realities that he believed to be applicable to all human beings. |
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Snell died in [[Bar Harbor, Maine]]. |
Snell died in [[Bar Harbor, Maine]]. |
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George Davis Snell (December 19, 1903 – June 6, 1996) was a U.S. geneticist and co-recipient of the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, together with Baruj Benacerraf and Jean Dausset, for discovery of the Major histocompatibility complex genes which encode cell surface molecules important for the immune system's distinction between self and non-self.
Snell was born in Bradford, Massachusetts. He made Ph.D. in Harvard in 1930. In 1935 Snell arrived at The Jackson Laboratory
In 1988, he authored a substantial book, Search for a Rational Ethic, on the nature of ethics and the rules by which we live. It includes an evolution-based ethic founded on biological realities that he believed to be applicable to all human beings.
Snell died in Bar Harbor, Maine.
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