António A. de Freitas (born December 22, 1947), is an
immunologist. He is Portuguese, born in
Cuamba
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It lies on the EN8 road, which connects it to the city of Nampula in the east ...
,
Mozambique. He earned his M.D. in 1970 from the
University of Lisbon,
Portugal, and his Ph.D. in 1976 from the
University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He is
Professor at the
Pasteur Institute,
Paris, France where he directs a research unit and a URA
CNRS
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. He was head of the Department of Immunology of the Pasteur Institute from 1997-2000.
His major scientific contributions are in the area of
lymphocyte homeostasis.
In 2009 he published a textbook in immunology entitled "Tractus immuno-logicus: a brief history of the immune system". In 2010 received a
European Research Council
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advanced grant.
Publications
*Freitas has been involved in over 130 publications.
References
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1947 births
Living people
Portuguese immunologists