James P. Allison
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James P. Allison is an American immunologist and Nobel laureate renowned for pioneering cancer immunotherapy through the development of immune checkpoint blockade.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James P. Allison canonical | 4 |
| James Patrick Allison | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2390629 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James P. Allison Context triple: [Keio Medical Science Prize, notableLaureate, James P. Allison]
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A.
Peter C. Doherty
Peter C. Doherty is an Australian immunologist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his groundbreaking work on how the immune system recognizes virus-infected cells.
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B.
Christopher Varmus
Christopher Varmus is one of the sons of Nobel Prize–winning American cancer researcher and former NIH director Harold Varmus.
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C.
James A. Allison
James A. Allison was an American entrepreneur and industrialist best known as one of the founders of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the Allison Engineering Company, a major aircraft engine manufacturer.
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D.
Jacob Varmus
Jacob Varmus is an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader known for his work in the New York City jazz scene.
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E.
Rolf Zinkernagel
Rolf Zinkernagel is a Swiss immunologist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his discovery of how the immune system recognizes virus-infected cells.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James P. Allison Target entity description: James P. Allison is an American immunologist and Nobel laureate renowned for pioneering cancer immunotherapy through the development of immune checkpoint blockade.
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A.
Peter C. Doherty
Peter C. Doherty is an Australian immunologist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his groundbreaking work on how the immune system recognizes virus-infected cells.
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B.
Christopher Varmus
Christopher Varmus is one of the sons of Nobel Prize–winning American cancer researcher and former NIH director Harold Varmus.
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C.
James A. Allison
James A. Allison was an American entrepreneur and industrialist best known as one of the founders of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the Allison Engineering Company, a major aircraft engine manufacturer.
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D.
Jacob Varmus
Jacob Varmus is an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader known for his work in the New York City jazz scene.
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E.
Rolf Zinkernagel
Rolf Zinkernagel is a Swiss immunologist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his discovery of how the immune system recognizes virus-infected cells.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American scientist
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Nobel laureate ⓘ cancer researcher ⓘ human ⓘ immunologist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Harvey Prize
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Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award ⓘ
surface form:
Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ Tang Prize in Biopharmaceutical Science ⓘ Wolf Prize ⓘ
surface form:
Wolf Prize in Medicine
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1948-08-07 ⓘ |
| degree |
Bachelor of Science in Microbiology
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PhD in Biological Sciences ⓘ |
| developed | therapeutic strategy to block CTLA-4 to enhance anti-tumor immunity ⓘ |
| discovered | role of CTLA-4 as an inhibitory receptor on T cells ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | G. Barrie Kitto ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Texas at Austin ⓘ |
| employer |
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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University of California, Berkeley ⓘ University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center ⓘ |
| familyName | Allison ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cancer immunotherapy
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immunology ⓘ tumor immunology ⓘ |
| fullName |
James P. Allison
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
James Patrick Allison
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| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| inspiredDevelopmentOf | checkpoint inhibitor drugs for cancer ⓘ |
| knownFor |
CTLA-4 inhibition
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development of ipilimumab ⓘ immune checkpoint blockade ⓘ pioneering cancer immunotherapy ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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National Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeCategory |
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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surface form:
Physiology or Medicine
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| NobelPrizeMotivation | discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeSharedWith | Tasuku Honjo ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeYear | 2018 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Alice, Texas
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surface form:
Alice, Texas, United States
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| positionHeld |
Chair of the Department of Immunology at MD Anderson Cancer Center
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Director of the Cancer Research Laboratory at UC Berkeley ⓘ Executive Director of the Immunotherapy Platform at MD Anderson Cancer Center ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
T-cell activation
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immune checkpoints ⓘ |
| spouse | Padmanee Sharma ⓘ |
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Subject: James P. Allison Description of subject: James P. Allison is an American immunologist and Nobel laureate renowned for pioneering cancer immunotherapy through the development of immune checkpoint blockade.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
James Patrick Allison