Pressman, David

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PRESSMAN, DAVID

PRESSMAN, DAVID (1916– ), U.S. immunochemist. Pressman was born in Detroit. He was head of immunochemistry at Sloan-Kettering Institute (1947–54) and professor at Cornell University (1952–54), director of cancer research at Roswell Park Memorial Institute, Buffalo, from 1954, and research professor at State University of New York, Buffalo and Niagara University from 1968. Pressman's research helped to clarify the structure and thereby the function of antibody molecules and tissue antigens of the hla system important in transplantation medicine and determining disease susceptibility. He was also a pioneer in research on utilizing anti-tumor immunity as therapy.

[Michael Denman (2nd ed.)]