Peter Alfred Gorer
(1907–1961) was a British
immunologist, pathologist and geneticist who pioneered the field of
transplant immunology. He
died of
lung cancer in 1961.
Education and work institutions
Gorer
graduated from Guy's Hospital,
London
in 1929 and then studied genetics under J.B.S. Haldane at
University
College, London
. From 1933 to 1940 Gorer worked at the
Lister Institute before returning
to Guy's Hospital to work as a pathologist.
Research
Gorer is credited with the co-discovery of
histocompatibility antigens and
the elucidation of their
genetic
regulation. Together with
George
Snell, he helped discover the murine histocompatibility 2
locus, or H-2, which is analogous to the
human leukocyte antigen. Gorer also
identified
antigen II and determined its
role in
transplant tissue
rejection.
Awards
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