Talk:George Klein (biologist)

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from personal correspondence, and his writing on their 80th birthday, GFDL:

Professors George and Eva Klein not only have inspired a few generations
of leading biomedical researchers but also have had enormous influence in
the fields of tumor and cancer biology, immunology, and virology around the
world. They personally taught and mentored a very large number of influ-
ential biomedical and medical researchers and medical scientists not only at
the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, but also in Europe and rest of
the world.

                    I first visited Karolinska Institute in September 1999.   
                    He signed his book Atheist and Holy City, recommended to me by Robert Horvitz,
                    but also gave me another of his book, Living Now. 

                    Subsequently, I invited George Klein to give a History of Biology Lecture
                    at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in September 2000. When I
                    asked George to give me a title of his lecture, he did not just give me one but
                    four titles! He came together with his son Dr. Peter Klein, a mathematician
                    with a Ph.D. from Columbia University, New York. Peter was then interest-
                    ed in complex problems involving mathematics in biology.

                         I met Eva Klein in Peter’s house in November 2002. Eva in her usual open‐
                      minded, direct, and warm manner immediately told me that I am now an
                      honorary member of her family since I am of the same age as Peter Klein. I am
                      very honored. During conversation, I learned that Eva is the person who,
                      together with her postdoc, discovered the now extremely important and
                      ubiquitous Natural Killer cells, a crucial advancement for immunology and
                      tumor biology. I asked her why she gave the name Natural Killer cells. She told
                      me that these cells were discovered from the control experiments and since
                      these cells could be activated without external stimulations, they are the
                      natural killers. this discovery was mostly either taken for granted or
                      totally forgotten...

                      George has written many books that are utterly refreshing.  
                      he does not per se write the books; rather, he dictates...