Back بريجيد بالفور Arabic بريجيد بالفور ARZ Brigid Balfour AST ব্রিজিড বালফোর Bengali/Bangla Brigid Balfour Spanish Brigid Balfour French
Brigid Balfour | |
|---|---|
| Born | Brigid Mary Balfour 24 May 1914 London, England |
| Died | 1 March 1994 (aged 79) Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | National Institute for Medical Research |
Brigid Mary Balfour (24 May 1914 – 1 March 1994) was a British scientist who studied cellular morphology and ultrastructure in relation to immune function. She advanced the study of dendritic cells, realising that they were derived from Langerhans cells and played an important role in initiating and promoting immune reactions.[2]
- ^ Info re Dr Balfour's death, genesreunited.co.uk; accessed 9 April 2014.
- ^ "Sixty years of Immunology at NIMR". NIMR. MRC. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2022.