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Rolf Kiessling
Rolf Kiessling is the immunologist who first described natural killer cells.
Rolf Kiessling co-discovered natural killer cells in the 1970s and has since worked on tumour immune escape and cell-based immunotherapy.
Role
Professor of Experimental Oncology, Karolinska Institutet
Institution
Specialisms
Tumour immunologyNatural killer cellsCancer vaccines
Profiles
| Title | Journal | Year |
|---|---|---|
| "Natural" killer cells in the mouse. I. Cytotoxic cells with specificity for mouse Moloney leukemia cells | European Journal of Immunology | 1975 |