César Milstein

César Milstein CH FRS

Born	(1927-10-08)8 October 1927 Bahía Blanca, Argentina
Died	24 March 2002(2002-03-24) (aged 74) Cambridge, England
Nationality	Argentine, naturalised as British
Education	University of Buenos Aires University of Cambridge
Known for	Receiving Nobel Prize "for theories concerning the specificity in development and control of the immune system and the discovery of the principle for production of monoclonal antibodies"
Spouse	Celia Prilleltensky (m. 1953)
Awards	Rosenstiel Award (1978) Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (1980) Wolf Prize in Medicine (1980) William Bate Hardy Prize (1981) Sir Hans Krebs Medal (1981) Franklin Medal (1982) Carlos J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology (1983) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1984) Copley Medal (1989)
Scientific career
Fields	Biochemistry
Doctoral advisor	Andrés O.M. Stoppani

César Milstein, CH, FRS (8 October 1927 – 24 March 2002) was an Argentine biochemist in the field of antibody research. Milstein shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1984 with Niels Kaj Jerne and Georges J. F. Köhler for developing the hybridoma technique for the production of monoclonal antibodies.