Obituary: Susumu Tonegawa, Japan’s first Nobel prizewinner in physiology or medicine

TL;DR - This obituary honors molecular biologist Susumu Tonegawa, Japan’s first Nobel laureate in physiology or medicine, for revealing mechanisms underlying antibodies and memory. The supplied excerpt provides no technical details beyond that broad legacy.

• Tonegawa’s work helped explain how antibodies function.
• His later research investigated the biological basis of memory.
• His contributions connected foundational discoveries in immunology and neuroscience.