Harvey Cantor

Baruj Benacerraf Professor of Immunology, Department of Immunology (Harvard Medical School) and Department of Cancer Immunology and Virology (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute). Discovered that the immune response is regulated by two lineages of T cells that recognize different classes of MHC molecules and mediate distinct immunological functions. These studies established conceptual basis for therapeutic approaches to diseases such as AIDS and cancer and remain a cornerstone of our current understanding of cellular immunology. Recent work has provided insight into origins of immunological self-tolerance and treatment of autoimmune disease.