Irun Cohen

Professor Irun Cohen (b. 1937, Chicago, Illinois) is an immunologist at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel. He moved from the U.S. to Israel in 1968.

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His contributions to immunology include in developing in 1989 the theory of the immunological homunculus, a hypothetical self-image used by the immune system to govern its responses. The bulk of Professor Cohen's work is centered around the search for treatment to autoimmune disease. Irun Cohen is currently the Israeli scientist with the largest number of publications in the journals Science and Nature.